(3-93 VHS) Site Marker: Memorial Cemetery: 1866-1867. On January 17, 1866, the War Department authorized the purchase of this tract of land to be used as a cemetery for the victims of the massacre at the fort. A total of 258 individuals were interred here, although only 34 were identified. In the summer of 1867, all of the coffins were exhumed and moved to the National Cemetery in Memphis