New Albany National Cemetery

New Albany National Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Albany National Cemetery graves, June 2008
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Location	1943 Ekin Ave., New Albany, Indiana
Coordinates	38°18′00″N 85°48′20″W / 38.30000°N 85.80556°W / 38.30000; -85.80556
Area	6.3 acres (2.5 ha)
Built	1862 (1862)
MPS	Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP reference No.	99000735[1]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1999

New Albany National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of New Albany, in Floyd County, Indiana. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 5.5 acres (2.2 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 6,881 interments. It is managed by Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.

New Albany National Cemetery was established in 1862, purchased from local land owner, Dr. Charles Bowman, to inter soldiers who died while serving at the training ground of Camp Noble. Many of the initial interments were also transferred from nearby military hospital cemeteries. The cemetery contains almost three hundred Union soldiers, and two unknown Confederate soldiers.^[2]

New Albany National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

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  Entrance to the cemetery
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  Graves in the cemetery
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  Rostrum of the cemetery
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  Distant view of the rostrum

Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Albany National Cemetery.

• National Cemetery Administration
• New Albany National Cemetery
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Albany National Cemetery
• New Albany National Cemetery at Find a Grave
• Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) documentation:
  • HALS No. IN-4, "New Albany National Cemetery", 25 photos, 2 photo caption pages
  • HALS No. IN-4-A, "New Albany National Cemetery, Lodge", 6 data pages
  • HALS No. IN-4-B, "New Albany National Cemetery, Rostrum", 4 data pages