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== History == | == History == | ||
During the | During the American Civil War, Mound City was the site of the [[Mound City Civil War Naval Hospital]]. The cemetery was used to inter both Union and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers who died while under care at the hospital. After it was officially declared a National Cemetery in 1864, several nearby battlefield cemeteries arranged to have their remains reinterred there.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sammartino|first=Therese T.|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mound City National Cemetery|url=http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/201093.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102226/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/201093.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2013|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=December 23, 2013|date=July 23, 1997}}</ref> | ||
Mound City National Cemetery was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1997. | Mound City National Cemetery was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1997. | ||