Notable burials · Military
American Civil War veterans buried in Illinois
Wikidata records 88 Civil War veterans as buried in 46 of the cemeteries we list in Illinois. Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago holds the most, with 11. Illinois has the 7th highest count of any state, out of 2,411 nationally.
People recorded as having taken part in the American Civil War, or as having served in the Union or Confederate army.
88
Civil War veterans
46
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Illinois
1900s
the decade with the most deaths (26)
Map of cemeteries
Loading map…
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
In order of death
American Civil War veterans buried in Illinois
- Alexander Bielaski1811-1861Union United States Army officerMound City National Cemetery, Mound City, IL
- Edward N. Kirk1828-1863Union Army generalRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- James A. Mulligan1829-1864Union Army generalCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Thomas E. G. Ransom1834-1864Union United States Army generalRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Abraham Lincoln1809-1865President of the United States from 1861 to 1865Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- William W. Orme1832-1866United States generalEvergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL
- Jasper A. Maltby1826-1867United States Army soldierGreenwood Cemetery, Galena, IL
- Henry Yates Jr.1835-1871American military personnelBerlin Cemetery, New Berlin, IL
- Thomas Jackson Rodman1816-1871American artillerist, inventor, ordnance specialist, and career United States Army officerRock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
- John Creed1819-1872Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for gallantryCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Giles Alexander Smith1829-1876Union United States Army generalEvergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL
- Joseph Dana Webster1811-1876Union Army generalRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Friedrich Hecker1811-1881German revolutionary and Union United States Army officerSummerfield Cemetery, Lebanon, IL
- Stephen A. Hurlbut1815-1882Union Army generalBelvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, IL
- Jesse Hale Moore1817-1883American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Decatur, IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Buford1807-1883Union Army generalChippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
- William Hoffman1807-1884United States Army officerChippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
- William R. Rowley1824-1886Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, IL
- Albert Parsons1848-1887American socialist and anarchist newspaper editorForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Charles E. Lippincott1825-1887American physician and politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Arno Voss1821-1888German American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Andrew O. Apple1845-1890United States Army Medal of Honor recipientBluff City Cemetery, Elgin, IL
- Julius White1816-1890American officer and diplomatRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- William Kueffner1840-1893Union Army officerWalnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, IL
- Elias Smith Dennis1812-1894United States Army general during American Civil WarCarlyle Cemetery, Carlyle, IL
- Joseph H. Tucker1819-1894Illinois militia Union Army colonelGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- David Ramsay Clendenin1830-1895Union Army generalOneida Cemetery, Galesburg, IL
- Philip S. Post1833-1895American politicianHope Cemetery, Galesburg, IL
- Gustav Koerner1809-1896German American politician, lawyer, judge, and diplomatWalnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, IL
- James D. Morgan1810-1896American merchant sailor, soldier, businessman, and a Union General during the American Civil WarWoodland Cemetery, Quincy, IL
- John F. Farnsworth1820-1897Union Army GeneralNorth Cemetery, St. Charles, IL
- John E. Smith1816-1897United States Army general of the American Civil WarGreenwood Cemetery, Galena, IL
- Nicholas Geschwind1829-1897Recipient of the Medal of HonorSpringdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL
- Erastus Newton Bates1828-1898American generalOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Richard J. Oglesby1824-1899Union Army generalElkhart Cemetery, Williamsville, IL
- William H. Benneson1818-1899American lawyerWoodland Cemetery, Quincy, IL
- William McEntyre Dye1831-1899American generalGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John H. Ferrell1829-1900Civilian employee of the US Navy, recipient of the Medal of HonorPrice Cemetery, Elizabethtown, IL
- Theodore Hyatt1830-1900Recipient of the Medal of HonorAbraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL
- John M. Palmer1817-1900Union Army general, politicianCarlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, IL
- John Alexander McClernand1812-1900Union United States Army generalOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- William B. Anderson1830-1901American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Mount Vernon, IL
- Leonard Fulton Ross1823-1901Union Army generalOak Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, IL
- Alexander C. McClurg1832-1901American booksellerGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Ivan Turchaninov1822-1901United States Civil War Union Army generalMound City National Cemetery, Mound City, IL
- John Peter Altgeld1847-1902American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Martin R. M. Wallace1829-1902American military generalRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- David Dickie1841-1904Union Army Medal of Honor recipientGillespie City Cemetery, Gillespie, IL
- Oliver Edwards1835-1904Brevet major general in the Union Army during the American Civil WarOakland Cemetery, Warsaw, IL
- William Henry Powell1825-1904Medal of Honor recipientGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Milo Smith Hascall1829-1904Union Army generalForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- William Henry Harrison Van Ornum1840-1905American AnarchistGlen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Samuel F. Rogers1834-1905United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Andrew Barclay Spurling1833-1906American generalRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- George Kretsinger1844-1906Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John McArthur1826-1906Union Army generalRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- James Stewart Martin1826-1907American politicianEast Lawn Cemetery, Salem, IL
- Asa C. Matthews1833-1908Pittsfield West Cemetery, Pittsfield, IL
- Charles Henry Howard1838-1908United States generalRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Orrin L. Mann1833-1908American generalRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Hermann Lieb1826-1908Swiss immigrant to the United States who served in the Union ArmyRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Samuel T. Busey1835-1909American politician and Union Army general from IllinoisWoodlawn Cemetery, Urbana, IL
- Benjamin F. Funk1838-1909American politicianEvergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL
- James Nevins Hyde1840-1910American dermatologistLake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, IL
- John C. Smith1832-1910American politician in IllinoisGreenwood Cemetery, Galena, IL
- John Cook1825-1910Illinois politician and a general in the Union ArmyOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Thomas J. Henderson1824-1911American politicianOakland Cemetery, Princeton, IL
- James Henry1833-1911Recipient of the Medal of HonorOak Hill Cemetery, Geneva, IL
- Benjamin Grierson1826-1911Union Army GeneralJacksonville East Cemetery, Jacksonville, IL
- Joseph S. Labill1837-1911American Civil War Medal of Honor recipientSouth Hill Cemetery, Vandalia, IL
- Andrew Johnson1833-1912Recipient of the Medal of HonorTower Hill Cemetery, Pana, IL
- Samuel Eddy Barrett1834-1912American businessmanGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Walter C. Newberry1835-1912U.S. Representative from IllinoisGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Robert H. Carnahan1821-1913Union Army generalSpringhill Cemetery, Danville, IL
- Smith D. Atkins1836-1913Union Army generalFreeport City Cemetery, Freeport, IL
- Ulric L. Crocker1843-1913Recipient of the Medal of HonorMedora Cemetery, Jerseyville, IL
- Lemuel F. Holland1840-1914American Civil War Medal of Honor recipientGreenwood Cemetery, Decatur, IL
- Augustus Louis Chetlain1824-1914(American Civil War)Union Army GeneralGreenwood Cemetery, Galena, IL
- John C. Black1839-1915United States Army Medal of Honor recipientSpringhill Cemetery, Danville, IL
- John I. Rinaker1830-1915American politicianCarlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, IL
- Benjamin W. Schenck1837-1916Recipient of the U.S. Congressional Medal of HonorGreenwood Cemetery, Decatur, IL
- William Sooy Smith1830-1916Union United States Army general and civil engineerForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- David Ayers1841-1916Union Army Medal of Honor recipientOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Loyd Wheaton1838-1918United States Army Medal of Honor recipientGreenwood Cemetery, Rockford, IL
- Samuel Harris1836-1920American Civil War soldierForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Hugh Molloy1841-1922United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- George F. Cram1842-1928American map publisherGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Thomas Jordan1840-1930United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipientMount Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, IL
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1860s7
- 1870s5
- 1880s9
- 1890s16
- 1900s26
- 1910s21
- 1920s3
- 1930s1
By recorded year of death, for the 88 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL11
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL8
- Forest Home Cemetery · Forest Park, IL6
- Oak Ridge Cemetery · Springfield, IL5
- Greenwood Cemetery · Galena, IL5
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery · Evanston, IL3
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery · Bloomington, IL3
- Greenwood Cemetery · Decatur, IL3
- Mound City National Cemetery · Mound City, IL2
- Walnut Hill Cemetery · Belleville, IL2
- Chippiannock Cemetery · Rock Island, IL2
- Carlinville City Cemetery · Carlinville, IL2
- Woodland Cemetery · Quincy, IL2
- Springhill Cemetery · Danville, IL2
- Rock Island National Cemetery · Rock Island, IL1
- Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery · Elwood, IL1
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Chicago, IL1
- Springdale Cemetery · Peoria, IL1
- Glen Oak Cemetery · Hillside, IL1
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL1
- Berlin Cemetery · New Berlin, IL1
- Lake Forest Cemetery · Lake Forest, IL1
- Bluff City Cemetery · Elgin, IL1
- Medora Cemetery · Jerseyville, IL1
- Carlyle Cemetery · Carlyle, IL1
Top 25 of 46 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
More lists
Other notable burials in Illinois
Business leaders265United States representatives260Writers and poets238Baseball players201Musicians and singers191Journalists129Painters, sculptors and photographers94Physicians93Actors80American football players78Architects74World War II veterans71World War I veterans70Scientists66Medal of Honor recipients57Inventors and engineers55Basketball players51Governors31United States senators25
Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.