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Though now closed to new interments, it is the final resting place of over 15,300 veterans and casualties of [[United States|American]] military campaigns starting with the American Civil War and extending to the Vietnam War. There are also four graves of War of 1812 soldiers, one of whom participated in the Battle of New Orleans. There are approximately 7000 unknown soldiers buried there, mostly soldiers who died in the American Civil War. Graves at Chalmette National Cemetery range from simple square markers to elaborate monuments.<ref name="JeanLafitte" /> | Though now closed to new interments, it is the final resting place of over 15,300 veterans and casualties of [[United States|American]] military campaigns starting with the American Civil War and extending to the Vietnam War. There are also four graves of War of 1812 soldiers, one of whom participated in the Battle of New Orleans. There are approximately 7000 unknown soldiers buried there, mostly soldiers who died in the American Civil War. Graves at Chalmette National Cemetery range from simple square markers to elaborate monuments.<ref name="JeanLafitte" /> | ||
[[John E. Jones (Medal of Honor)|John E. Jones]] (1834–1865), Civil War | [[John E. Jones (Medal of Honor)|John E. Jones]] (1834–1865), Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient, is buried there. Also buried is [[William H. Morgan]] (1825–1878), a Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. | ||
[[Sarah Rosetta Wakeman]] (1843–1864) is buried at Chalmette National Cemetery. She enlisted in the [[Union Army]] of the Civil War disguised as a man, under the name Lyons Wakeman. She died of disease, not combat, in New Orleans in 1864.<ref name="Wakeman">{{cite web |title=Sarah Rosetta Wakeman |url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/sarah-rosetta-wakeman |website=battlefields.org |publisher=American Battlefield Trust |access-date=20 November 2020}}</ref> One British seaman, [[able seaman]] Watcyn G. Jones, of the [[Royal Navy]] is among the war dead from [[World War II]] buried at Chalmette National Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2073069/CHALMETTE%20NATIONAL%20CEMETERY|title=Chalmette National Cemetery | Cemetery Details|website=Cwgc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2719753/JONES,%20WATCYN%20G|title=Able Seaman Watcyn G. Jones | War Casualty Details 2719753 |website=Cwgc.org}}</ref> | [[Sarah Rosetta Wakeman]] (1843–1864) is buried at Chalmette National Cemetery. She enlisted in the [[Union Army]] of the Civil War disguised as a man, under the name Lyons Wakeman. She died of disease, not combat, in New Orleans in 1864.<ref name="Wakeman">{{cite web |title=Sarah Rosetta Wakeman |url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/sarah-rosetta-wakeman |website=battlefields.org |publisher=American Battlefield Trust |access-date=20 November 2020}}</ref> One British seaman, [[able seaman]] Watcyn G. Jones, of the [[Royal Navy]] is among the war dead from [[World War II]] buried at Chalmette National Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2073069/CHALMETTE%20NATIONAL%20CEMETERY|title=Chalmette National Cemetery | Cemetery Details|website=Cwgc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2719753/JONES,%20WATCYN%20G|title=Able Seaman Watcyn G. Jones | War Casualty Details 2719753 |website=Cwgc.org}}</ref> | ||