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[[File:Fort smith park map.jpg|thumb|left|Fort Smith National Cemetery is in western Fort Smith, Arkansas, south of [[Fort Smith National Historic Site]]]] | [[File:Fort smith park map.jpg|thumb|left|Fort Smith National Cemetery is in western Fort Smith, Arkansas, south of [[Fort Smith National Historic Site]]]] | ||
On April 23, 1861, as the | On April 23, 1861, as the American Civil War was beginning, the post was abandoned by the U.S. Army forces stationed there; it was then subsequently occupied by a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] garrison. During this occupation, nearly 400 Confederate soldiers died and were buried at the fort's cemetery. On September 1, 1863, the fort was then retaken by Union forces. In 1867, the post cemetery officially became a National Cemetery when many of the remains from soldiers who had been interred on nearby battlefields were exhumed and reinterred at Fort Smith. The cemetery includes more than 1,400 unmarked graves, many of them of Union and Confederate soldiers.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/SB0215-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Fort Smith National Cemetery|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=2015-04-13}}</ref> | ||
== Noteworthy monuments == | == Noteworthy monuments == | ||