North Alton Confederate Cemetery, Illinois, United States

4.0 (7 reviews) Spent < 1 hour Ranking #16 in Alton Points of Interest & Landmarks • Cemeteries • Monuments & Statues

A must for Civil War history buffs.

Very serene place. There are no markers for individual graves, but there is a stone monument with the names of all who are buried there.

Rozier Street, Alton, Illinois, United States.

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national

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4patricia m 5:00 PM Jul 19, 2018
Peaceful
A stop for history buffs. Go to the Alton prison first to get an idea of who is buried there and how the monument came to be. It is a peaceful plot, individual graves are not marked but you are aware that under the sloping grounds lie the remains of Confederate soldiers who died while in prison. A thoughtful place.
3EwanderingMan 5:00 PM Oct 12, 2019
Peaceful Cemetery with a Single Obelisk Monument
While in town for my high school reunion, I just had to drive past this cemetery again, to show my wife one of my boyhood memory-sites. I recall taking field trips there while in grade school/scouts. The cemetery is small, and the obelisk with names of deceased prisoners of the Confederacy are provided at the base. This was a "common burial ground" for those soldiers of the Confederacy who perished during the Civil War in the hell-hole that was the Alton Prison. Smallpox and detrimental living conditions were the causes of the deaths.