Loudon Park National Cemetery

LOUDON PARK NATIONAL CEMETERY Civil War Baltimore National Cemetery Medal of Honor Recipients Slavery was legal in Maryland, but the state was divided over In December 1861, the U.S. Sanitary Commission designated Two Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor are buried in secession and the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln a small area of Loudon Park Cemetery for the burial of Union the cemetery. First bestowed in 1863, it is the highest award for called for volunteers to suppress the Confederate rebellion on soldiers who died in Baltimore hospitals. The half-acre lot in military valor in the U.S. Armed Services. For acts above and April 15, 1861. Four days later, Massachusetts troops stopped the northeast corner of this private cemetery became one of beyond the call of duty, 1,522 individuals who served in the in Baltimore en route to the U.S. capital. Pro-Confederate the first national cemeteries. Civil War received the medal. residents shouted insults, threw rocks, and otherwise attacked By 1874, an estimated 1,646 Union soldiers and five civilians Pvt. James T. Jennings, 56th the soldiers. The soldiers fired into the crowd, killing dozens lay here. In 1884, the remains of approximately 238 U.S. Colored Pennsylvania Infantry, captured of civilians and wounding many more. On May 13, Lincoln Troops were relocated from a government lot in Baltimore’s the flag of the 55th North Carolina ordered Union forces to occupy Baltimore. They remained Laurel Cemetery to the national cemetery. Five notable Union Infantry at Petersburg, Virginia, on throughout the war. Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor monuments were installed between 1885 and 1898. August 20, 1864. Jennings died at became a prison for disloyal Maryland civilians and captured Jarvis U.S. General Hospital on March Confederate soldiers. 22, 1865 (Section A, Grave 1410). Pro-Union Baltimore supported the war. Escaped slaves Second Lt. William Taylor, 1st made their way to Maryland where many enlisted in the Maryland Infantry, burned a bridge 4th U.S. Colored Infantry. Thousands of soldiers trained in at Front Royal, Virginia, in May 1862 and around the city. Sick and wounded soldiers were treated to prevent a Confederate pursuit. at Jarvis U.S. General Hospital, the Steuart Mansion, and On August 20, 1864, he replaced a other facilities. wounded officer at Petersburg and Civil War Medal of Honor. led a reconnaissance mission Gettysburg National Military Park. (Officers Section, Grave 16). Jarvis U.S. General Hospital, c. 1864. Library of Congress. Confederate Dead In 1912, the Commission for Marking Graves of Confederate Dead identified 256 imprisoned soldiers and civilians who died in the Baltimore area during the Civil War. Twenty-nine, originally buried at Fort McHenry, had been reinterred at the national cemetery. The commission could not locate these graves, so it erected one granite monument with a bronze Maryland Sons Monument, right, and Maryland Naval Monument, left, with private cemetery Massachusetts troops entering Baltimore, c. 1861. Library of Congress. tablet listing the soldiers’ names. in background, 1908. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. Department of Veterans A˜airs To learn more about benefits and programs National Cemetery Administration for Veterans and families, visit www.va.gov .

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