Alexandria National Cemetery (Alexandria, Louisiana)

Entrance sign at Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana

Overall glimpse of serenity of Alexandria National Cemetery

Alexandria National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Pineville, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It occupies approximately 8 acres (3.2 ha), and is site to 10,164 interments as of the end of 2005.

History

In 1867, an 8-acre (3.2 ha) plot was appropriated from local resident to establish the Alexandria National Cemetery. It was originally intended as a place to bury Union soldiers who died in the area during the Civil War, but later, remains from Mount Pleasant, Cheneyville, Yellow Bayou, and Fort Brown, Texas, were re-interred in Alexandria.

Alexandria National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notable burials

• There are fifty-seven Buffalo Soldiers interred at the Alexandria National Cemetery.
• Former U.S. Representative Gillis William Long
• Former Alexandria Mayor John K. Snyder is buried in the front row on the left side of the entrance road.
• Major Jacob Brown, for whom Fort Brown, Texas, was named.
• John J. Williams (American Civil War), the last soldier killed in the American Civil War.

See also

• United States Department of Veterans Affairs

External links

• National Cemetery Administration
• Alexandria National Cemetery in Louisiana
• Alexandria National Cemetery at Find A Grave