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Knoxville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.Established during the Civil War in 1863, the cemetery currently encompasses 9.8 acres (4.0 ha), and as of the end of 2007, had 9,006 interments.
The Half-Century of Knoxville: Being the Address and Proceedings at the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town, February 10, 1842. To which is added an appendix: containing a number of historical documents. (Printed at the Register Office, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1852). Isenhour, Judith Clayton. Knoxville, A Pictorial History.
Fidelity Building (Knoxville) Fire Station No. 5 (Knoxville, Tennessee) First Baptist Church (Knoxville, Tennessee) First Presbyterian Church Cemetery; Forest Heights, Knoxville; Fort Sanders, Knoxville; Fourth and Gill, Knoxville
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville [1] Asbury Cemetery, Knoxville ‡ Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga; Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Russellville; Delap Cemetery, Campbell County; East Hill Cemetery, Bristol; First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville; Kelly's Ferry Cemetery, Marion County
The National Cemetery Administration lists a total of 73 Civil War-Era National Cemeteries from 1861 to 1868. [ 9 ] Final military honors are provided for qualified Veterans by volunteer veteran or National Guard details known as Memorial Honor Details (MHD), upon application by family members through their choice of mortuary handling the deceased.
In a moving display of respect and honor, the Knoxville community came together to bid a final farewell to civil rights luminary and historian Robert J. Booker, who died Feb. 22 at age 88.
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Content related to cemeteries located in the U. S. State of Tennessee which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (the United States' official national heritage register) and other listed properties that include places of interment: graveyards, burial plots, crypts, mausoleums, or tombs.