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U. S. Colored Troops Burials
From: The Center for Civil War Research

....Despite their exclusion from the honors afforded to white Civil War dead, African-American
nevertheless insisted on the equal treatment of their fallen soldiers, demontrating their desire
for recognition not only as newly minted American citizens.
(Partial listing)
Location City State Known Unknown Total
Mobile National Cemetery Mobile Alabama 165 91 256
Ft. Smith National Cemetery Ft. Smith Arkansas 68 3 71
Little Rock National Cemetery Little Rock Arkansas 438 324 762
Evergreen Cemetery New Haven Connecticut 2 0 2
Ft. Delware Pea Patch Island Delaware 3 1 4
Zion Merhodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Wilmington Delaware 1 0 0
St. Peter's Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Wilmington Delaware 2 1 3
Barrancas National Cemetery Barrancas Florida 154 98 252
Andersonville National Cemetery Andersonville Georgia 16 95 111
Marietta National Cemetery Marietta Georgia 158 98 252
Mound City National Cemetery Mound City Illinois 307 - 307
Woodland Cemetery Quincy Illinois 27 - 27
Rockland Island National Cemetery Rockland Illinois 54 - 54
Camp Butler National Cemetery Springfield Illinois 6 - 6
Oak Hill Cemetery Evansville Indiana 33 - 33
Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis Indiana 30 - 30
New Albany Cemetery New Albany Indiana 757 208 965
Lexington National Cemetery Lexington Kentucky 53 4 57
Cave Hill National Cemetery Louisville Kentucky 9 157 166
Mill Springs National Cemetery Mill Springs Kentucky 20 11 31
Camp Nelson National Cemetery Nicholasville Kentucky 867 5 881
Alexandria National Cemetery Alexandria Louisiana 62 141 203
Baton Rouge National Cemetery Baton Rouge Louisiana 173 3 176
Port Hudson National Cemetery Port Hudson Louisiana 256 - 256
Ft. St. Philip Cemetery Plaquemines Louisiana 256 - 256
Winthrop Street Cemetery Augusta Maine 1 - 1
Anapolis National Cemetery Anapolis Maryland 14 5 19
Laurel Cemetery Baltimore Maryland 229 - 229
Gallop's Island Boston Massachusetts 1 - 1
Dedham Cemetery Dedham Massachusetts 40 - 40
Natchez National Cemetery Natchez Mississippi 50 2434 2484
Location City State Known Unknown Total
Vicksburg National Cemetery Natchez Mississippi 50 2434 2484
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery St. Louis Missouri 23 1044 1067
Beverly National Cemetery Beverly New Jersey 2 - 2
Cypress Hill National Cemetery Cypress Hills New York 169 3 172
New Bern National New Bern North Carolina 209 195 404
Raleigh National Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina 20 6 26
Wilmington National Cemetery Wilmington North Carolina 55 502 557
Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati Ohio 2 - 2
Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus Ohio 12 - 12
Soldier's Lot Gallipolis Ohio 4 77 8
Whitehall Cemetery Bristol Pennsylvania - 1 1
Odd Fellow's Cemetery, adjoining Glenwood Cemetery Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1 - 1
Soldier's Lot, Lebanon Cemetery Philadelphia Pennsylvania 339 - 339
Beaufort National Cemetery Beaufort South Carolina 795 950 283
Chattanooga National Cemetery Chattanooga Tennessee 861 20 881
Ft. Donelson National Cemetery Ft. Donelson Tennessee 4 8 12
Knoxville Knoxville Tennessee 76 68 141
Memphis National Cemetery Memphis Tennessee 250 3959 4209
Nashville National Cemetery Nashville Tennesse 1447 463 1910
Shiloh National Militar Park Shiloh Tennessee - 1 1
Stone River National Cemetery   Murfressboro 102 85 187
Brownsville National Cemetery Brownsville Texas 973 950 342
- Galveston Texas 37 6 252
San Antonio National Cemeteery San Antonio Texas 7 4 8
Alexandria National Cemetery Alexandria Virginia 249 - 249
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginia 175 229 404
DanvilleNational Cemetery Danville Virginia 37 12 49
Fredericksburg National Cemetery Fredericksburg Virginia 2 2 4
Hampton National Cemetery Hampton Viriginia 985 57 54
City Point National Cemeter Hopewell Virginia 782 587 1369
Poplar Grove National Cemetery Poplar Grove Virginia 60 226 286
U. S. Colored Troops Burials