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Little Rock National Cemetery

Memorials	:	67
Location	:	Little Rock, Pulaski County, USA
Phone	:	479-783-5345
Coordinate	:	34.7236595, -92.2577438
Description	:	Office Hours: Contact the Fort Smith National Cemetery at (479) 783-5345 Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visitation Hours: Open daily from dawn until dusk. Early in the Civil War, the land that is currently the national cemetery was located outside Little Rock city limits and was used for Union encampments. With Union troops still occupying the city in 1866, a portion of the new city cemetery was purchased by the government and set aside for military interments. The government purchased the military plot in Little Rock City Cemetery as two parcels: 9.1 acres in September 1866 and 3.2 acres in... Read More	Office Hours: Contact the Fort Smith National Cemetery at (479) 783-5345 Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visitation Hours: Open daily from dawn until dusk. Early in the Civil War, the land that is currently the national cemetery was located outside Little Rock city limits and was used for Union encampments. With Union troops still occupying the city in 1866, a portion of the new city cemetery was purchased by the government and set aside for military interments. The government purchased the military plot in Little Rock City Cemetery as two parcels: 9.1 acres in September 1866 and 3.2 acres in April 1868. On April 9, 1868, it was designated a national cemetery with the stated purpose to concentrate remains of Union dead who had been buried throughout Arkansas. By this time, there were 5,425 interments: 3,092 known dead and 2,333 unknowns. In 1868, 1,482 remains removed from area battlefield graves were reinterred here. In 1884, an 11-acre Confederate cemetery was established adjacent to the national cemetery. The remains of 640 Confederate soldiers were removed from Mt. Holly Cemetery in Little Rock and reburied here. In 1913, Congress authorized the Secretary of War to accept a deed from the City of Little Rock for the Confederate cemetery, with the restriction that only Confederate veterans could be interred on the newly acquired land. In 1938, this restriction was removed and the Confederate cemetery became the Confederate Section of Little Rock National Cemetery. In 1990, the National Expansion Corp. purchased additional land from the adjoining Oakland Fraternal Cemetery and formally donated it to the United States for expansion of the national cemetery. In November 1999, the City of Little Rock donated one additional acre. Little Rock National Cemetery, encompassing a little over 31 acres, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Monuments and Memorials The granite and bronze Minnesota Monument was dedicated to 162 Minnesota soldiers who fell in Arkansas during the Civil War. Erected in 1916, it is one of seven Minnesota monuments found in the national cemeteries. The memorialized soldiers were enlisted in the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 10th Minnesota U.S. Volunteers. The sculptor was John K. Daniels of St. Paul, Minn. Other Minnesota monuments are located at Marion, Ind. (1913); Memphis (1916), Nashville (1920) and Shiloh (1908) Tenn.; Jefferson Barracks, Mo. (1922); and Vicksburg, Miss. (1906-07). Daniels also did the monuments at Nashville and Shiloh national cemeteries. The marble Confederate Monument was erected in 1884 by trustees of the Mount Holly Cemetery in honor of the 640 Confederate soldiers originally buried in this cemetery and later re-interred in Little Rock National Cemetery. The soldiers died in Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana between1861-1863. As a significant sculpture of the post-Civil War period (1886-1934) in Arkansas, both monuments were individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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Little Rock National Cemetery is located at 2523 Springer Boulevard Little Rock, Pulaski County ,Arkansas , 72206USA.
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Latitude: 34.7236595
Longitude: -92.2577438

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park
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Coordinate: 34.7280998, -92.2581024

2. B'Nai Israel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.7308834, -92.2592780

3. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Memorial Garden
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Coordinate: 34.7334180, -92.2765270

4. Mount Holly Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.7374992, -92.2782974

5. Christ Episcopal Church Columbarium
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6. Cathedral Of Saint Andrews
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7. First Methodist Church Columbarium
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8. Mount Zion Cemetery
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9. Mount Nebo Cemetery
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10. Roselawn Memorial Park
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11. Calvary Cemetery
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12. Lakewood United Methodist Church Columbarium
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Coordinate: 34.7694397, -92.2669373

13. Pine Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.6753006, -92.2466965

14. Zion Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.6733017, -92.2356033

15. Odd Fellows Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.6733700, -92.2345900

16. Springhill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.6790700, -92.3164300

17. Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church Columbariu
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Coordinate: 34.7562600, -92.3275900

18. Primrose Methodist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.6596500, -92.2876180

19. Saint Lukes Episcopal Church Columbarium
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Coordinate: 34.7931300, -92.2576560

20. Elmlawn Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.7421989, -92.3396988

21. Thomas Cemetery
North Little Rock, Pulaski County, USA
Coordinate: 34.7913017, -92.2816010

22. Dawson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.7046740, -92.3406370

23. Our Lady of the Holy Souls Columbarium
Little Rock, Pulaski County, USA
Coordinate: 34.7603390, -92.3324970

24. Edgewood Memorial Park
North Little Rock, Pulaski County, USA
Coordinate: 34.7921982, -92.2827988

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