Alexandria National Cemetery

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Alexandria National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Pineville, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It occupies approximately, and is site to 10,164 interments as of the end of 2005.HistoryIn 1867, an 8acre plot was appropriated from a 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. Of approximately 1378 Civil War burials, 507 are known and 871 are unknown.Alexandria National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.Notable burialsThere are fifty-seven Buffalo Soldiers interred at the Alexandria National Cemetery.Retired Army Col. Thomas L. Gaines (1901-1989), director of Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant in Minden from 1961 to 1969Former U.S. Representative Gillis William LongFormer 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 in Texas is named.John J. Williams (American Civil War), the last soldier killed in the American Civil War.Captain Ira W. Claflin