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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 8 acres (3.2 ha), and is site to over 10,000 interments as of the end of 2020. In 1867, an 8-acre (3.2 ha) 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. Jacob Brown (1778–1846), U.S. Army major for whom Fort Brown, Texas, is named Ira W. Claflin (1834–1867), Union Army captain in the Civil War Patsy Flaherty (1876-1968), professional baseball player Gillis William Long (1923–1985), U.S. Representative from Louisiana Vernon W. Pickett (1912–1944), U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and namesake of Fort Pickett John J. Williams (1843–1865), the last soldier killed in the American Civil War There are fifty-seven Buffalo Soldiers interred at the Alexandria National Cemetery There are 5 German POWs interred at The Alexandria National Cemetery The cemetery is closed to new interments. Exceptions to this include subsequent interments for veterans or eligible family members in an existing gravesite. Cemetery policy allows for first-come, first-served waitlist to eligible veterans if burial space becomes available due to a canceled reservation or when a disinterment has been completed. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alexandria National Cemetery (Louisiana) Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. LA-4, "Alexandria National Cemetery, 209 East Shamrock Street, Pineville, Rapides Parish, LA", 33 photos, 3 photo caption pages HALS No. LA-4-A, "Alexandria National Cemetery, Lodge", 7 data pages HALS No. LA-4-B, "Alexandria National Cemetery, Rostrum", 3 data pages
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Alexandria National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1997.
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