
Confederate Hill Monument, Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
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N 39° 16.675 W 076° 40.757
18S E 355154 N 4348962
Quick Description: Confederate Hill in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore Maryland
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 5/5/2006 12:25:45 PM
Waymark Code: WMBZY
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Long Description:
Confederate Hill in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore Maryland was
the burial ground for Confederate Soldiers who died in local
hospitals during the war. At the close of the war there were over
200 soldiers buried here. During the 1870's Maryland soldiers were
brought here from battlefields in the South. In 1873 the first
memorial was erected, on it is inscribed "Erected to the memory of
the Confederate dead by the Loudon Park Confederate Memorial
Association".
There are now over 600 graves at this site. Veterans who died after
the war and wanted to, are also buried here.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 06/10/1873
 Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Loudon Park Confederate Memorial Association
 Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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