New Albany National Cemetery

	New Albany National Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	File:New Albany National Cemetery graves.JPG New Albany National Cemetery graves, June 2008
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Location	1943 Ekin Ave., New Albany, Indiana
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Area	6.3 acres (2.5 ha)
Built	1862
MPS	Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP reference No.	[[[:Template:NRHP Focus]] 99000735]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1999

New Albany National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of New Albany, in Floyd County, Indiana. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 5.5 acres (2.2 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 6,881 interments. It is managed by Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.

History

New Albany National Cemetery was established in 1862, purchased from local land owner, Dr. Charles Bowman, to inter soldiers who died while serving at the training ground of Camp Noble. Many of the initial interments were also transferred from nearby military hospital cemeteries. The cemetery contains almost three hundred Union soldiers, and two unknown Confederate soldiers.^[2]

New Albany National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

Gallery

New Albany National Cemetery entrance.JPG

Entrance to the cemetery
New Albany National Cemetery graves.JPG

Graves in the cemetery
New Albany National Cemetery Rostrum.JPG

Rostrum of the cemetery
New Albany National Cemetery Rostrum 2.JPG

Distant view of the rostrum

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html. Note: This includes Therese T. Sammartino (April 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: New Albany National Cemetery" (PDF). https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/21d52/N/New_Albany_National_Cemetery_Floyd_CO_Nom.pdf. and Accompanying photographs.

External links

National Cemetery Administration
New Albany National Cemetery
[[[:Template:GNIS URL]] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Albany National Cemetery]
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Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) documentation:
- HALS No. IN-4, "New Albany National Cemetery", 25 photos, 2 photo caption pages
- HALS No. IN-4-A, "New Albany National Cemetery, Lodge", 6 data pages
- HALS No. IN-4-B, "New Albany National Cemetery, Rostrum", 4 data pages

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[nris-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP.

[SHAARD-2] "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html. Note: This includes Therese T. Sammartino (April 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: New Albany National Cemetery" (PDF). https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/21d52/N/New_Albany_National_Cemetery_Floyd_CO_Nom.pdf. and Accompanying photographs.

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