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| website = [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/chattanooga.asp Chattanooga National Cemetery] | | website = [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/chattanooga.asp Chattanooga National Cemetery] | ||
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[[File:C-Chatanooga Cemetery2.jpg|thumb|Monument and graves of the Civil War | [[File:C-Chatanooga Cemetery2.jpg|thumb|Monument and graves of the Civil War Medal of Honor recipients who took part in the [[Great Locomotive Chase]]]] | ||
[[File:Graves at Chattanooga National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Graves stretching to the top of the hill in the center of the cemetery.]] | [[File:Graves at Chattanooga National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Graves stretching to the top of the hill in the center of the cemetery.]] | ||
[[File:View toward Lookout Mountain from Chattanooga National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|View across the cemetery to [[Lookout Mountain]], the site of one of the battles in 1862.]] | [[File:View toward Lookout Mountain from Chattanooga National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|View across the cemetery to [[Lookout Mountain]], the site of one of the battles in 1862.]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The cemetery was established in 1863, by an order from Major General [[George Henry Thomas]] after the | The cemetery was established in 1863, by an order from Major General [[George Henry Thomas]] after the Civil War [[Chattanooga Campaign|Battles of Chattanooga]], as a place to inter [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] soldiers who fell in combat. {{convert|75|acre}} of land was initially appropriated from two local land owners, but later purchased. It became Chattanooga National Cemetery in 1867. By 1870 more than 12,000 interments had been made, most of whom were unknown. Many nearby battlefield burials were also reinterred in Chattanooga, including nearly 1,500 burials from the [[Battle of Chickamauga]]. [[Franklin Guest Smith]], who served as secretary and member of the [[Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park]] Commission from 1893 until 1908, played an important role in preserving and expanding the cemetery, and a monument at the cemetery was dedicated in his honor.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Brown |editor1-first=John Jr. |editor2-last=Boyd |editor2-first=James |date=1922 |title=History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties |volume=III |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ym0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1458 |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |page=1458 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> | ||
During World War I (78) and [[World War II]] (108) [[Germany|German]] prisoners of war who died while in captivity were buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery. After the war, the German government paid to have other POWs disinterred from [[Hot Springs National Cemetery]] and moved to Chattanooga.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kriegsgräberstätte Chattanooga|url=https://kriegsgraeberstaetten.volksbund.de/friedhof/chattanooga|website=Volksbund dt. Kriegsgräberstätte|language=de}}</ref> | During World War I (78) and [[World War II]] (108) [[Germany|German]] prisoners of war who died while in captivity were buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery. After the war, the German government paid to have other POWs disinterred from [[Hot Springs National Cemetery]] and moved to Chattanooga.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kriegsgräberstätte Chattanooga|url=https://kriegsgraeberstaetten.volksbund.de/friedhof/chattanooga|website=Volksbund dt. Kriegsgräberstätte|language=de}}</ref> | ||
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==Notable interments== | ==Notable interments== | ||
* The [[Andrews Raiders]] | * The [[Andrews Raiders]] | ||
Medal of Honor recipients | |||
* Private [[Samuel Robertson (Medal of Honor)|Samuel Robertson]]<ref name=cwb>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LmlZAD1THCwC&dq=Samuel+Robertson+chattanooga+national&pg=PA42 ''Civil War Battlefields'']</ref> | * Private [[Samuel Robertson (Medal of Honor)|Samuel Robertson]]<ref name=cwb>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LmlZAD1THCwC&dq=Samuel+Robertson+chattanooga+national&pg=PA42 ''Civil War Battlefields'']</ref> | ||
* Sergeant Major [[Marion A. Ross]]<ref name=cwb/> | * Sergeant Major [[Marion A. Ross]]<ref name=cwb/> | ||
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* Private Philip G. Shadrack<ref name=cwb/> | * Private Philip G. Shadrack<ref name=cwb/> | ||
* Private George D. Wilson<ref name=cwb/> | * Private George D. Wilson<ref name=cwb/> | ||
* | * Medal of Honor recipients | ||
Master Sergeant [[Ray E. Duke]], for action in the | Master Sergeant [[Ray E. Duke]], for action in the Korean War. Also, recipient of Republic of Korea's version of the Medal of Honor (the Merit Taegug Medal) | ||
Corporal [[Desmond Doss]], for action in World War II, the first [[conscientious objector]] to be awarded the Medal of Honor. | Corporal [[Desmond Doss]], for action in World War II, the first [[conscientious objector]] to be awarded the Medal of Honor. | ||
Private [[William F. Zion]], USMC, for action in the [[Boxer Rebellion]] | Private [[William F. Zion]], USMC, for action in the [[Boxer Rebellion]] | ||