Mound City National Cemetery Panorama 2
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Mound City National Cemetery Panorama 2
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A panoramic view of Mound City National Cemetery with the Illinois State Soldiers and Sailors Monument at the heart of the cemetery as the focal point. This statue that dated from 1874, consisting of a sturdy base of granite and marble, it is twenty-five feet square and four feet high, supporting a 15-foot tall pedestal topped with a marble shaft, upon which rests a marble statue of the Goddess of Liberty. At the base of the shaft are two marble statues of a soldier and a sailor. A plaque on the south side of the base dedicates the monument to “the brave soldiers and sailors reposing here who fell defending the flag of our Union.”
Mound City National Cemetery located just outside of Mound City, Illinois, is one of the twelve original National cemeteries. It was established in 1864 by the Act of July 17, 1862, where President Lincoln was authorized “to purchase cemetery grounds to be used as a National Cemetery for soldiers who shall have died in the service of their country.”
While Mound City never saw combat during the Civil War, its strategic location near the junction of the Mississippi, Ohio and Cumberland Rivers made the city an important naval facility for the Union. A hospital complex that could serve 1000 to 1500 Civil War causalities was built here, making it the largest hospital in the West. The establishment of that hospital is what determined the location of a cemetery at Mound City.
The Mound City National Cemetery is the final resting place for 8,262 soldiers, including 2,759 unknown soldiers, and 27 Confederate soldiers who died in nearby hospitals.
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Midwest America Photography 6.26.18
Copyright 2018 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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May 27th, 2018
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