(3-92) NPS 2000 Tour Guide: Of the nearly 17,000 Union soldiers buried here, about 13,000 are unknown. Established in 1866, the cemetery is also the final resting place for veterans of the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean Conflict. It was closed to burials in 1961. Many Confederates who died during the siege are buried in Vicksburg's Cedar Hill Cemetery

(3-92) On Fame's Eternal Camping-Ground. Their Silent Tents Are Spread. And Glory Guards With Solemn Round The Bivouac Of The Dead

(3-02) View looking southeast from camera position in previous photo