Knoxville National Cemetery
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Knoxville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Knoxville, in Knox County, Tennessee. It encompasses 9.8 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 8,959 interments. It is administered by Chattanooga National Cemetery.
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[edit] History
Knoxville National Cemetery was established by Major General Ambrose Burnside, and designed by E.B. Chamberlain at some point in late 1863, after the Battle of Fort Sanders. It was intended to inter Union dead, from that battle, and later to reinter dead from various battlefield cemeteries in the region.
Knoxville National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
[edit] Notable monuments
- The Union Soldier monument, usually referred to as the Tennessee or Wilder Monument, a large Gothic style memorial that was erected between 1890 and 1901.
[edit] Notable interments
- Sergeant Troy A. McGill, Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War II.
- Brigadier General Robert Neyland, aide to Douglas MacArthur, superintendent of West Point military academy.
- Private Timothy Spillane, Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Hatcher's Run during the Civil War.
