Baton Rouge National Cemetery

Baton Rouge National Cemetery

Cemetery entrance, c. 1899
Location 220 North 19th Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°27′0″N 91°10′3″W / 30.45000°N 91.16750°W / 30.45000; -91.16750Coordinates: 30°27′0″N 91°10′3″W / 30.45000°N 91.16750°W / 30.45000; -91.16750
Area 7.7 acres (3.1 ha)
Built 1867
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP Reference #

97000768

[1]
Added to NRHP July 09, 1997

Baton Rouge National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in East Baton Rouge Parish, in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It encompasses 7.7 acres (3.1 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 5,459 interments.

History

Massachusetts Monument by John Wilson Baton Rouge National Cemetery

Burials in the cemetery grounds took place as early as 1830, but the site was predominantly used during the Civil War to bury soldiers who died in Baton Rouge and the surrounding battlefields, including Plaquemine and Camden. It became an official National Cemetery in 1867, and rewards were given to anyone who reported the grave of a Union soldier, so that his remains could be reinterred in the cemetery.

In 1878 two men, Michael and Bernard Jodd, were hired to build a brick wall around the cemetery, but before it was completed, both men contracted yellow fever and died. They were interred in the cemetery and the wall was completed by local laborers.

Notable interments

See also

References

  1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

External links

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