Baton Rouge National Cemetery
- Street:
- 220 North 19th Street
- City:
- Baton Rouge
- State:
- Louisiana
- Zip Code:
- 70806
- Parish:
- East Baton Rouge
- Phone:
- 225-654-1988
- GPS Coordinates:
- 30.449418, -91.167555
- Maps:
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- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Active:
- No
- Condition:
- Very Good
- Established:
- 1830
- First/Oldest Burial:
- Unknown
- Affiliation:
- National/Military
- Access Type:
- Public
- Historic Site:
- Yes
- Website:
- Louisiana Department of Veteran Affairs
- Cemetery Map:
- View
- Notes:
- Burials in the cemetery grounds took place as early as 1830, but the site was predominantly used during the Civil War to bury soldiers who died in Baton Rouge and the surrounding battlefields, including Plaquemine and Camden. It became an official National Cemetery in 1867, and rewards were given to anyone who reported the grave of a Union soldier so that his remains could be reinterred in the cemetery.
In 1878 two men, Michael and Bernard Jodd, were hired to build a brick wall around the cemetery, but before it was completed, both men contracted yellow fever and died. They were interred in the cemetery and the wall was completed by local laborers.
