http://warmemorialhq.org/items/show/560?output=atom2024-03-29T09:06:25-05:00Omekahttp://warmemorialhq.org/items/show/560Springfield MO National Cemetery ]]>
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var str = 'This national cemetery was created right after the Civil War to hold the graves of Union soldiers most those who had died at very early Battle of Wilsons Creek which had been a Confederate victory. Missouri did not seceded but the citizens were divided and many fought on both sides in the war. In 1871 a Confederate cemetery was established adjacent and was composed of six acres of which 2.7 acres lay inside a stone wall. In 1911 in a unique decision the US Congress agreed to annex the Confederate cemetery site into the National Cemetery with the provision that only Confederates could be buried in the walled section. In 1901 the United Confederate Veterans placed a very large memorial with a statue of a Confederate soldier in the Confederate section. Finally in the 1980s an agreement allowed for non-Confederate burials in the remaining 200 plus plots in the Confederate section. This is the only National Cemetery with a Confederate burial section. There are other memorials within the cemetery.';
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