/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000bd125d rename

Knoxville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Knoxville,...

Knoxville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Knoxville, in Knox County, Tennessee. It encompasses 9.8 acres (40,000 m), and as of the end of 2007, had 9,006 interments. It is administered by Chattanooga National Cemetery. Knoxville National Cemetery was established by Major General Ambrose Burnside, and designed by E.B. Chamberlain at some point in late 1863, after the Battle of Fort Sanders. It was intended to inter Union dead, from that battle, and later to reinter dead from various battlefield cemeteries in the region. Knoxville National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.