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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 | 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 | 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== | ||