CargoAdmin, Bureaucrats, Moderators (CommentStreams), fileuploaders, Interface administrators, newuser, Push subscription managers, Suppressors, Administrators
14,662
edits
Mobile National Cemetery: Difference between revisions
m
Text replacement - "Civil War" to "Civil War"
m (Text replacement - "Medal of Honor" to "Medal of Honor") |
m (Text replacement - "Civil War" to "Civil War") |
||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Mobile National Cemetery was established in 1865, when [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops occupied the city of Mobile after the [[Battle of Mobile Bay]], during the | Mobile National Cemetery was established in 1865, when [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops occupied the city of Mobile after the [[Battle of Mobile Bay]], during the Civil War.<ref name="natcemetery"/> Initially, casualties of the battle were interred in a section of the city owned [[Magnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama)|Magnolia Cemetery]], but they quickly had a need for more space and a plot of {{convert|3|acre}} was granted to the [[United States Army|Army]] by the city in 1866.<ref name="natcemetery"/> By 1871, the cemetery had 841 interments, mostly soldiers whose remains were moved from other nearby battlefield sites.<ref name="natcemetery"/> | ||
Mobile National Cemetery was listed, along with the rest of [[Magnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama)|Magnolia Cemetery]], on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on 13 June 1986.<ref name=nris/> | Mobile National Cemetery was listed, along with the rest of [[Magnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama)|Magnolia Cemetery]], on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on 13 June 1986.<ref name=nris/> | ||