. Indiana at Vicksburg . Main Entrance—National Military A Driveway in tiie Cemetery. The National Cemetery. The National Cemetery at Vicksburg, fronting the river andblending into the northern end of the Military Park, although notof it, was established in 1865. Its originally beautiful site havingthus had the benefit of time in which to be developed and appropri-ately softened and beautified in harmony with its sacred purpose, itstands today one of the most parklike and pleasingly impressive ofall the national cemeteries. With the possible exception of Arling-ton Heights, none can
. Indiana at Vicksburg . Main Entrance—National Military A Driveway in tiie Cemetery. The National Cemetery. The National Cemetery at Vicksburg, fronting the river andblending into the northern end of the Military Park, although notof it, was established in 1865. Its originally beautiful site havingthus had the benefit of time in which to be developed and appropri-ately softened and beautified in harmony with its sacred purpose, itstands today one of the most parklike and pleasingly impressive ofall the national cemeteries. With the possible exception of Arling-ton Heights, none can compare with it in beauty. It is certainlyone of the most magnificent cemeteries ever devoted to the inter-ment of the dead soldiers of any nation, and it is also (exceptArlington) the largest of the eighty-two established and maintainedby the general government in honor of its valorous defenders. Itcontains the graves of 16,822 Union soldiers who lost their lives innnd around Vicksburg during the Civil War, of which appalling
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