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'''Knoxville National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located in the city of [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], United States. Established during the | '''Knoxville National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located in the city of [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], United States. Established during the Civil War in 1863, the cemetery currently encompasses {{convert|9.8|acre|ha}}, and as of the end of 2007, had 9,006 interments. The {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=on}} Union Soldier monument, which stands in the eastern corner of the cemetery, is one of the largest [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] monuments in the South.<ref name=marblecity>Jack Neely, ''The Marble City: A Photographic Tour of Knoxville's Graveyards'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1999), pp. xx–xxi, 47.</ref> In 1996, the cemetery was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as part of a multiple properties submission for national cemeteries. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Knoxville National Cemetery was established by Major General [[Ambrose Burnside]], whose [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces had liberated [[Knoxville]] in September 1863 at the height of the | Knoxville National Cemetery was established by Major General [[Ambrose Burnside]], whose [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces had liberated [[Knoxville]] in September 1863 at the height of the Civil War. Burnside assigned the task of layout out the cemetery to his assistant [[quartermaster]], Captain E.B. Chamberlain. The cemetery's first burials were Union dead exhumed and moved from [[Cumberland Gap]] and other parts of the region. Chamberlain's plan was so effective, that the cemetery was one of the few in the nation that required no alterations upon being designated a national cemetery at the end of the war.<ref name=pdf>[http://www.cem.va.gov/pdf/knoxville.pdf Knoxville National Cemetery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622012639/http://www.cem.va.gov/pdf/knoxville.pdf |date=2011-06-22 }}. Retrieved: 28 April 2010.</ref> | ||
==Layout== | ==Layout== | ||
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The graves at Knoxville National Cemetery are arranged in a circular pattern, with each burial section separated by walkways. The burial sections each form one quarter of the circle, with the headstones converging toward the middle, where there is a flagpole and cloth canopy. A stone wall surrounds the perimeter, the southeast section of which divides the cemetery from the adjacent [[Old Gray Cemetery]]. The northeast section of the wall, which contains the main entrance, is topped by an iron fence, with the entrance secured by an iron double-gate. The administrative office and service building is located just inside the gate. A marker containing several lines from the [[Theodore O'Hara]] poem, ''[[Bivouac of the Dead]]'', faces the graves in the northeast corner.<ref name=pdf /> | The graves at Knoxville National Cemetery are arranged in a circular pattern, with each burial section separated by walkways. The burial sections each form one quarter of the circle, with the headstones converging toward the middle, where there is a flagpole and cloth canopy. A stone wall surrounds the perimeter, the southeast section of which divides the cemetery from the adjacent [[Old Gray Cemetery]]. The northeast section of the wall, which contains the main entrance, is topped by an iron fence, with the entrance secured by an iron double-gate. The administrative office and service building is located just inside the gate. A marker containing several lines from the [[Theodore O'Hara]] poem, ''[[Bivouac of the Dead]]'', faces the graves in the northeast corner.<ref name=pdf /> | ||
Most of the grave markers are marble headstones of a standard size and shape, although a few have larger and more elaborate markers. Inscriptions typically give the deceased's name and years lived, and in some cases, note the deceased's rank, company, and/or war in which they served. The burials are limited to veterans and spouses of veterans. After the | Most of the grave markers are marble headstones of a standard size and shape, although a few have larger and more elaborate markers. Inscriptions typically give the deceased's name and years lived, and in some cases, note the deceased's rank, company, and/or war in which they served. The burials are limited to veterans and spouses of veterans. After the Civil War, the cemetery only accepted [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] burials, although the cemetery contains at least one [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] grave. The cemetery is currently administered by [[Mountain Home National Cemetery]], and contains veterans of every war since the Civil War.<ref>U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEMs/nchp/knoxville.asp Knoxville National Cemetery]. 12 January 2010. Retrieved: 28 April 2010.</ref> | ||
==Union Soldier monument== | ==Union Soldier monument== | ||