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Historic cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland
United States historic place
Loudon Park National Cemetery
is a
United States National Cemetery
located in the city of
Baltimore, Maryland
. Administered by the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
, it encompasses 5.2 acres (2.1 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 7,138 interments. It is currently closed to new interments, and is maintained by the
Baltimore National Cemetery
.
The cemetery's Civil War interments include about 2,300 Union soldiers and 650 Confederate soldiers.
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History
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Loudon Park National Cemetery was originally established as a plot within the
Loudon Park Cemetery
. It was one of the 14 original National Cemeteries established under the National Cemetery Act on July 17, 1862. Most of the original interments were from area veteran hospitals. During the
American Civil War
,
Fort McHenry
was a prisoner of war camp, and the prisoners who died while incarcerated there were interred at Loudon Park National Cemetery.
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Land acquisitions in 1874, 1875, 1882, 1883 and lastly in 1903, brought the cemetery to its current size.
Loudon Park National Cemetery was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
in 1996.
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Notable monuments
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- The
Maryland
Sons Monument, a three-foot-tall
terra cotta
frieze
with a
bas relief
sculpture. Dedicated in 1885.
- Rigby Monument, a marble monument erected in 1891 dedicated to Captain
James H. Rigby
and the 1st Maryland Light Artillery.
- The Unknown Dead Monument, a marble sculpture, dedicated in 1895.
- The Maryland Naval Monument, dedicated in 1896.
- The Confederate Monument, erected in 1912, marking the burial place of Confederate prisoners of war.
Notable interments
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References
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External links
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- National Cemetery Administration
- Loudon Park National Cemetery
- Historic American Landscapes Survey
(HALS) No. MD-5, "
Loudon Park National Cemetery, 3445 Frederick Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
", 28 photos, 3 photo caption pages
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Loudon Park National Cemetery
- Loudon Park National Cemetery
at
Find a Grave
- Loudon Park National Cemetery, Baltimore City
, including photo from 1998, at Maryland Historical Trust
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