Dublin Core
Title
Oak Woods Cemetery (Chicago, Illinois)
Description
Oak Woods Cemetery features a number of Civil War monuments within its bounds. A ‘Soldier’s Memorial’ erected in 1876 serves as a tribute to the Union as does a statue of Abraham Lincoln nearby. Perhaps most prominently, however, is the Confederate Mound located in the southwest corner of the cemetery. The Confederate Mound marks the final resting place of approximately 4,000 unnamed Confederate soldiers. These soldiers had been held captive at Camp Douglas. Their bodies were originally buried at City Cemetery but were reinterred at Oak Woods Cemetery after reported health concerns from the nearby neighbourhood regarding the mass grave’s proximity to their largest water source. Confederate Mound is regarded as the largest mass grave in the western hemisphere.
Source
american
Date
20 May 1865 (First Burial)
Contributor
cf46@st-andrews.ac.uk
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
2547
Date Created
12 February 1853
Extent
NaNm x 0m x 0m
Spatial Coverage
current,41.76793735310453,-87.60089462434469;
Rights Holder
Adolph Strauch
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Oak Woods Cemetery (Chicago, Illinois)
Object
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/illinois/chicago/oak-woods-cemetery/6248
Europeana Type
TEXT
Physical Object Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Oak_Woods_Cemetery_(Chicago,_Illinois)_
Monument Type
Cemetery
Run by
Dignity Memorial
State
Illinois
Indigenous Land
Myaamia, Kaskaskia, Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi), Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Peoria
City
Chicago