New Albany National Cemetery

New Albany National Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	New Albany, Indiana
Coordinates:	38°18′0″N 85°48′21″W / 38.3°N 85.80583°W / 38.3; -85.80583Coordinates: 38°18′0″N 85°48′21″W / 38.3°N 85.80583°W / 38.3; -85.80583
Built:	1862
Governing body:	VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
MPS:	Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP Reference#:	99000735 [1]
Added to NRHP:	June 25, 1999

New Albany National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of New Albany, in Floyd County, Indiana. It encompasses 5.5 acres (22,000 m²), and as of the end of 2005, had 6,881 interments. It is administered by Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.

History

New Albany National Cemetery was established in 1862, purchased from local land owner, Dr. Charles Bowman, to inter soldiers who died while serving at the training ground of Camp Noble. Many of the initial interments were also transferred from nearby veteran's hospital cemeteries. The cemetery contains almost three hundred Union soldiers, and two unknown Confederate soldiers.

New Albany National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Gallery

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  Entrance to the cemetery

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  Graves in the cemetery

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  Rostrum of the cemetery

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  Distant view of the rostrum

See also

• United States Department of Veterans Affairs
• United States National Cemetery

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 

External links

• National Cemetery Administration
• New Albany National Cemetery