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| website = [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/chattanooga.asp Chattanooga National Cemetery] | | website = [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/chattanooga.asp Chattanooga National Cemetery] | ||
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[[File:C-Chatanooga Cemetery2.jpg|thumb|Monument and graves of the Civil War | [[File:C-Chatanooga Cemetery2.jpg|thumb|Monument and graves of the Civil War Medal of Honor recipients who took part in the [[Great Locomotive Chase]]]] | ||
[[File:Graves at Chattanooga National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Graves stretching to the top of the hill in the center of the cemetery.]] | [[File:Graves at Chattanooga National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Graves stretching to the top of the hill in the center of the cemetery.]] | ||
[[File:View toward Lookout Mountain from Chattanooga National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|View across the cemetery to [[Lookout Mountain]], the site of one of the battles in 1862.]] | [[File:View toward Lookout Mountain from Chattanooga National Cemetery.jpg|thumb|View across the cemetery to [[Lookout Mountain]], the site of one of the battles in 1862.]] | ||
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==Notable interments== | ==Notable interments== | ||
* The [[Andrews Raiders]] | * The [[Andrews Raiders]] | ||
Medal of Honor recipients | |||
* Private [[Samuel Robertson (Medal of Honor)|Samuel Robertson]]<ref name=cwb>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LmlZAD1THCwC&dq=Samuel+Robertson+chattanooga+national&pg=PA42 ''Civil War Battlefields'']</ref> | * Private [[Samuel Robertson (Medal of Honor)|Samuel Robertson]]<ref name=cwb>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LmlZAD1THCwC&dq=Samuel+Robertson+chattanooga+national&pg=PA42 ''Civil War Battlefields'']</ref> | ||
* Sergeant Major [[Marion A. Ross]]<ref name=cwb/> | * Sergeant Major [[Marion A. Ross]]<ref name=cwb/> | ||
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* Private Philip G. Shadrack<ref name=cwb/> | * Private Philip G. Shadrack<ref name=cwb/> | ||
* Private George D. Wilson<ref name=cwb/> | * Private George D. Wilson<ref name=cwb/> | ||
* | * Medal of Honor recipients | ||
Master Sergeant [[Ray E. Duke]], for action in the Korean War. Also, recipient of Republic of Korea's version of the Medal of Honor (the Merit Taegug Medal) | Master Sergeant [[Ray E. Duke]], for action in the Korean War. Also, recipient of Republic of Korea's version of the Medal of Honor (the Merit Taegug Medal) | ||
Corporal [[Desmond Doss]], for action in World War II, the first [[conscientious objector]] to be awarded the Medal of Honor. | Corporal [[Desmond Doss]], for action in World War II, the first [[conscientious objector]] to be awarded the Medal of Honor. | ||