Vicksburg National Cemetery
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Vicksburg National Cemetery lies on ground once manned by the extreme right of Major-General William T. Sherman's XV Army Corps. Embracing 116 acres it is the final resting place of 17,000 Union Soldiers, a number unmatched by any other national cemetery. The cemetery was established in 1865 and open for burials a year later. Soldiers buried here had been interred originally in scattered locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi during the campaign for control of the Mississippi River.
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Coordinates: 32°22'31"N 90°52'10"W
- LeTourneau shipyard 23 km
- Bakers Creek 27 km
- Willow Break LLC 30 km
- Taylorsville, MS 60 km
- Belhaven Neighborhood 65 km
- Ingleside Drive (New) 66 km
- Pearl, Mississippi 70 km
- Northbay 75 km
- Oak Grove, Louisiana 75 km
- Avalon Subdivision 77 km
- O Section, Vicksburg National Cemetery 0.1 km
- USS Cairo Museum 0.3 km
- Electrical substation 1.2 km
- Cedar Hill Cemetery 1.3 km
- Soldier's Rest 1.4 km
- Thayer's Approach 1.8 km
- Waltersville, Mississippi 2.6 km
- Vicksburg National Military Park 2.6 km
- De Soto Island (Louisiana) 3.1 km
- Kings, Mississippi 3.3 km