Confederate Mound

Oak Woods Cemetery was established in 1854 – five years earlier than Rosehill and Calvary – on an area of 74 ha (183 acres) located at 1035 E. 67th Street in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The first burials took place in 1860 and during the American Civil War, six thousand Confederate soldiers, prisoners of war who died at Camp Douglas (Chicago), were buried together here in a mass grave. Known as the Confederate Mound (see picture), a monument has been erected in their memory. 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Rosehill Cemetery is a 350 acre Victorian-era cemetery on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. ... Calvary Cemetery is a fairly common name for a burial ground. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... This article is in need of attention. ... Camp Douglas Camp Douglas was a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Chicago, Illinois, USA, during the American Civil War. ... Grave in Sarajevo during the siege in 1992-1993. ...

Notable burials

• Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1870-1940), newspaper publisher
• Cap Anson (1852-1922), Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player
• Ida B. Wells (1862-1931), social reformer, civil rights activist
• Willa Beatrice Brown (1906-1992), African American aerospace pioneer
• James Colosimo (1877-1920), mafioso, "Big Jim" Colosimo
• William Craig (1855-1902), first secret Service agent to die on duty
• Charles S. Deneen (1863-1940), politician
• Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993), composer, the "father of gospel music"
• Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), physicist
• Jake Guzik (1886-1956), gangster, "Greasy Thumb"
• William Draper Harkins (1873-1951), nuclear chemist
• Monroe Heath, mayor of Chicago
• Charles Johnson (1909-2006), pitcher and outfielder for the Chicago American Giants of the Negro League
• John Johansen (1876-1964), painter
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944), Hall of Fame, First Commissioner of Baseball
• Little Brother Montgomery (c.1906-1985), blues piano player and singer
• Jesse Owens (1913-1980), Olympic champion
• J. Young Scammon (1812-1890), attorney, banker, newspaper publisher
• Roebuck 'Pops' Staples (1915-2000), gospel singer
• Bill Veeck (1914-1986), Major League Baseball owner
• William Hale Thompson, mayor of Chicago
• Harold Washington (1922-1987), lawyer, politician, first African American Mayor of Chicago
• Junior Wells (1934-1998), blues musician
• James Hutchinson Woodworth, mayor of Chicago

Robert S. Abbott (1870 - February 29, 1940) was an African American lawyer and newspaper publisher. ... Anson in 1888 Adrian Constantine Cap Anson (April 11, 1852, Marshalltown, Iowa - April 14, 1922, Chicago, Illinois) was a professional baseball player in the National Association and Major League Baseball for the Rockford Forest Citys, Philadelphia Athletics, and Chicago White Stockings. ... Ida Wells-Barnett Ida B. Wells, (Holly Springs, Mississippi, July 16, 1862 – Chicago, Illinois, March 25, 1931), later known as Ida Wells-Barnett and Ida B. Wells-Barnett, was an African American civil rights advocate and womens rights activist. ... James Big Jim Colosimo (1877[1] – May 11, 1920) (born Giacomo Colosimo) immigrated to Chicago, Illinois, from Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, in 1895. ... Charles Samuel Deneen (May 4, 1863 – February 5, 1940) was a Republican governor of Illinois, serving from 1905 to 1913, and as a U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1925-1931. ... Come on Mama, Do That Dance Georgia Tom Dorsey Yazoo 1041 For the big band trombonist and bandleader, see Tommy Dorsey. ... Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 – November 28, 1954) was an Italian physicist most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics and statistical mechanics. ... Jake Greasy Thumb Guzik (May 20, 1886-February 21, 1956) was the financial and legal advisor, and later political “fixer”, for the Chicago Outfit. ... Monroe Heath (born: March 27, 1827; died: October 21, 1894; buried in Oak Woods Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1876-1879) for the Republican Party. ... Charles Johnson (born August 7, 1909–died June 17, 2006) was a baseball player in the Negro League who later pushed major league baseball to offer pensions to former Negro League players. ... C. E. John Johansen (February 26, 1883 - October 15, 1947) was a Norwegian athlete. ... Kenesaw Mountain Landis Kenesaw Mountain Landis (November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922, and subsequently as the first commissioner of Major League Baseball. ... Eurreal Wilford Little Brother Montgomery, (c. ... James Cleveland Jesse Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete. ... Roebuck Pops Staples (1914-2000) was a Mississippi gospel musician. ... William Louis Veeck Jr. ... William Hale Thompson campaigns for Mayor in 1917. ... Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was a lawyer, legislator and the first African American Mayor of Chicago, Illinois serving from 1983 until his death in 1987. ... Junior Wells (December 9, 1934 - January 15, 1998), real name Amos Blackmore, was a blues harmonica player based in Chicago who was famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Lonnie Brooks, the Rolling Stones and Van Morrison. ... James Hutchinson Woodworth (born: December 4, 1804 in Greenwich, New York; died: March 26, 1869; buried in Oakland Cemetery in Dolton, IL) twice served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1848-1850) for the Independent Democratic Party. ...

See also

• List of United States cemeteries
• List of famous cemeteries
• List of mausoleums

// Arkansas Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock - known as Westminster Abbey of Arkansas; California Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles; Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles; Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles; Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma is the burial site of William Randolph Hearst and other members of the Hearst family... This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. ... This is a list of mausoleums around the world. ...

External links

• Oak Woods Cemetery official website
• Oak Woods Cemetery at graveyards.com
• Photos of Oakwood Cemetery

Coordinates: 41°46′9″N 87°36′3″W / 41.76917, -87.60083 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...