Contact Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery at (314) 845-8320 for grave location information or visit the NCA Nationwide Grave Locator at http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1
Regular Events
None.
Directions
From I-57 take the Mounds exit and follow signs to Highway 51. Turn left and travel four miles to the cemetery.
Site Description
During the Civil War the large naval shipyards around Mound City provided the 80-vessel Union Mississippi Squadron with warships, including the USS Cairo, USS Cincinnati, and USS Mound City. The hotel and foundry in Mound City were converted to a large Civil War hospital complex that served both Union and Confederate casualties at Shiloh and Vicksburg. In 1864, the federal government designated a plot of land near the general hospital to serve as a national cemetery. Today approximately 2,300 known and 2,400 unknown Civil War soldiers are buried in the cemetery.
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