The tour of the park is a somber reminder of the struggle and price paid for our freedom and way of life.
Vicksburg National Cemetery was established by an act of Congress in 1866. It has the distinction of having the largest number of Civil War interments of any national cemetery in the United States. Of the approximate 17,000 Union veterans, only 5,000 are known. There are no Confederate burials here. Confederate soldiers were interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in the City of Vicksburg. Also included in the cemetery are veterans from the Mexican and Spanish-American Wars, World Wars I and II, and the Korean Conflict.
I was informed by my cousin, Sidney Mazerat of New Orleans, that his Uncle, (my relative) was interred here on March 21, 1960. He is located at Plot: M 18001, Cpl, Hdqts Dt Base Sec 1 ASC.
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