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==History==
==History==
[[File:Massachusetts Monument by John Wilson Baton Rouge National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Massachusetts Monument by [[John Wilson (sculptor)|John Wilson]] Baton Rouge National Cemetery]]
[[File:Massachusetts Monument by John Wilson Baton Rouge National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Massachusetts Monument by [[John Wilson (sculptor)|John Wilson]] Baton Rouge National Cemetery]]
Burials in the cemetery grounds took place as early as 1830, but the site was predominantly used during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] to bury soldiers who died in Baton Rouge and the surrounding battlefields, including [[Plaquemine, Louisiana|Plaquemine]] and [[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]]. It became an official National Cemetery in 1867,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Baton Rouge cemeteries|last=Faye.|first=Phillips|date=2012|publisher=Arcadia Pub|isbn=9780738591841|location=Charleston, S.C.|oclc=803992496}}</ref>{{Rp|79}} and rewards were given to anyone who reported the grave of a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] soldier, so that his remains could be reinterred in the cemetery.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|79}} First superintendent was Henry W. Taylor, a discharged 1st Sergeant of Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment.<ref name=ladoc>{{cite web|url=https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish17/Scans/17006001.pdf|title=Baton Rouge National Cemetery|publisher=State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation|author=|date=|accessdate=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222325/https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish17/Scans/17006001.pdf|archive-date=May 7, 2018|url-status=dead}} with [https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=210 four photos and two maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222335/https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=210 |date=2018-05-07 }}</ref><ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=97000768}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baton Rouge National Cemetery|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Therese T. Sammartino|date=June 2, 1997|accessdate=May 7, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=97000768|photos=y|title=23 photos from 1997}}.</ref>
Burials in the cemetery grounds took place as early as 1830, but the site was predominantly used during the Civil War to bury soldiers who died in Baton Rouge and the surrounding battlefields, including [[Plaquemine, Louisiana|Plaquemine]] and [[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]]. It became an official National Cemetery in 1867,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Baton Rouge cemeteries|last=Faye.|first=Phillips|date=2012|publisher=Arcadia Pub|isbn=9780738591841|location=Charleston, S.C.|oclc=803992496}}</ref>{{Rp|79}} and rewards were given to anyone who reported the grave of a Union soldier, so that his remains could be reinterred in the cemetery.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|79}} First superintendent was Henry W. Taylor, a discharged 1st Sergeant of Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment.<ref name=ladoc>{{cite web|url=https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish17/Scans/17006001.pdf|title=Baton Rouge National Cemetery|publisher=State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation|author=|date=|accessdate=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222325/https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish17/Scans/17006001.pdf|archive-date=May 7, 2018|url-status=dead}} with [https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=210 four photos and two maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222335/https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=210 |date=2018-05-07 }}</ref><ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=97000768}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baton Rouge National Cemetery|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Therese T. Sammartino|date=June 2, 1997|accessdate=May 7, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=97000768|photos=y|title=23 photos from 1997}}.</ref>


In 1878 two men, Michael and Bernard Jodd, were hired to build a brick wall around the cemetery, which was previously enclosed by a picket fence, but before it was completed, both men contracted [[yellow fever]] and died in September 1878. They were interred in the cemetery and the wall was completed by local laborers. The wall was surfaced with stucco in 1936. The entrance on North 19th Street is protected by a double iron gate built in 1933.<ref name=ladoc/><ref name=nrhpdoc/>
In 1878 two men, Michael and Bernard Jodd, were hired to build a brick wall around the cemetery, which was previously enclosed by a picket fence, but before it was completed, both men contracted [[yellow fever]] and died in September 1878. They were interred in the cemetery and the wall was completed by local laborers. The wall was surfaced with stucco in 1936. The entrance on North 19th Street is protected by a double iron gate built in 1933.<ref name=ladoc/><ref name=nrhpdoc/>


===Massachusetts Monument===
===Massachusetts Monument===
The cemetery contains a commemorative monument, erected in 1909 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and built by J. N. White and Sons. The monument celebrates the memory of officers of 31st and 41st Infantry and of the men from Massachusetts who lost their lives in the [[Department of the Gulf]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name=ladoc/><ref name=nrhpdoc/>
The cemetery contains a commemorative monument, erected in 1909 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and built by J. N. White and Sons. The monument celebrates the memory of officers of 31st and 41st Infantry and of the men from Massachusetts who lost their lives in the [[Department of the Gulf]] during the Civil War.<ref name=ladoc/><ref name=nrhpdoc/>


==Notable interments==
==Notable interments==
* General [[Philemon Thomas]] (1763–1847). His remains were reinterred in the national cemetery in 1886. He was a veteran of both the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the [[War of 1812]], and he commanded the forces that captured the fort of Baton Rouge in 1810. He also served as a [[United States House of Representatives|Congressional Representative]] from the state of [[Louisiana]] in the [[Twenty-second United States Congress|22nd]] and [[Twenty-third United States Congress|23rd]] [[United States Congress]]es.<ref name=ladoc/><ref name=nrhpdoc/>
* General [[Philemon Thomas]] (1763–1847). His remains were reinterred in the national cemetery in 1886. He was a veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the [[War of 1812]], and he commanded the forces that captured the fort of Baton Rouge in 1810. He also served as a [[United States House of Representatives|Congressional Representative]] from the state of [[Louisiana]] in the [[Twenty-second United States Congress|22nd]] and [[Twenty-third United States Congress|23rd]] [[United States Congress]]es.<ref name=ladoc/><ref name=nrhpdoc/>
* Lieutenant General [[Troy H. Middleton|Troy Houston Middleton]] (1889–1976), [[World War II]] veteran and president of [[Louisiana State University]].
* Lieutenant General [[Troy H. Middleton|Troy Houston Middleton]] (1889–1976), [[World War II]] veteran and president of [[Louisiana State University]].
* Aden & Emma King, superintendent of the cemetery from 1920 to 1924. Aden died during his service and his wife Emma was appointed to the position upon his death.<ref name=ladoc/><ref name=nrhpdoc/>
* Aden & Emma King, superintendent of the cemetery from 1920 to 1924. Aden died during his service and his wife Emma was appointed to the position upon his death.<ref name=ladoc/><ref name=nrhpdoc/>

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Baton Rouge National Cemetery
File:Baton Rouge National Cemetery (circa 1899).jpg
Cemetery entrance, c. 1899
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Location220 North 19th Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
CoordinatesLua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Area7.7 acres (3.1 ha)
Built1867
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSCivil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP reference No.[[[:Template:NRHP Focus]] 97000768][1]
Added to NRHPJuly 09, 1997

Baton Rouge National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in East Baton Rouge Parish, in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It encompasses 7.7 acres (3.1 ha), and as of 2020, had over 5,000 interments.

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 9, 1997.[1]

History

File:Massachusetts Monument by John Wilson Baton Rouge National Cemetery.jpg
Massachusetts Monument by John Wilson Baton Rouge National Cemetery

Burials in the cemetery grounds took place as early as 1830, but the site was predominantly used during the Civil War to bury soldiers who died in Baton Rouge and the surrounding battlefields, including Plaquemine and Camden. It became an official National Cemetery in 1867,[2]: 79  and rewards were given to anyone who reported the grave of a Union soldier, so that his remains could be reinterred in the cemetery.[2]: 79  First superintendent was Henry W. Taylor, a discharged 1st Sergeant of Company B, 45th Infantry Regiment.[3][4]

In 1878 two men, Michael and Bernard Jodd, were hired to build a brick wall around the cemetery, which was previously enclosed by a picket fence, but before it was completed, both men contracted yellow fever and died in September 1878. They were interred in the cemetery and the wall was completed by local laborers. The wall was surfaced with stucco in 1936. The entrance on North 19th Street is protected by a double iron gate built in 1933.[3][4]

Massachusetts Monument

The cemetery contains a commemorative monument, erected in 1909 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and built by J. N. White and Sons. The monument celebrates the memory of officers of 31st and 41st Infantry and of the men from Massachusetts who lost their lives in the Department of the Gulf during the Civil War.[3][4]

Notable interments

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Faye., Phillips (2012). Baton Rouge cemeteries. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub. ISBN 9780738591841. OCLC 803992496. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Baton Rouge National Cemetery". State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish17/Scans/17006001.pdf. Retrieved May 7, 2018.  with four photos and two maps Archived 2018-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Therese T. Sammartino (June 2, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baton Rouge National Cemetery". National Park Service. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/97000768_text. Retrieved May 7, 2018.  With 23 photos from 1997.

External links

Template:National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana

Template:East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

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