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Although there were two military engagements in the Natchez area in 1863 and 1864, the town surrendered early to Union troops and was spared extensive damage. Natchez National Cemetery was established during this period, north of town near the river bluff. The original 11-acre site was purchased in 1866 from local residents. Original interments were brought from locations in Louisiana and Mississippi within a 50-mile radius of Natchez in Adams County. One of the old Natchez homes, "The Gardens," served as a military hospital for federal troops, and some of the earliest interments are the men who died there. In a report dated June 30, 1866, Quartermaster Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs informed the secretary of war that many bodies had been buried in the levees near the west shore of the Mississippi. Subsequently, the removal of these remains and their reinterment at Natchez National Cemetery began the following fall.

Natchez National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Medal of Honor Recipients
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force that can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Recipients receive the Medal of Honor from the president on behalf of Congress. It was first awarded during the Civil War and eligibility criteria for the Medal of Honor have changed over time.

Recipients buried or memorialized here:

Landsman Wilson Brown (Civil War). Wilson Brown was born into slavery in 1841 at Natchez, Mississippi. During the Civil War, Brown escaped to the Navy gunboat U.S.S. Hartford and enlisted in 1863. Landsman Brown served until 1865, including on board the Hartford, and returned to Natchez at war's end. During the Battle of Mobile Bay (Alabama) on August 5, 1864, Brown was knocked unconscious in the ship's hold by a shell burst. He regained consciousness and returned to supplying cannon ammunition. Brown was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery. He died in January 1900 and is buried in Section G, Site 3152.

Other Burials
There are two Buffalo Soldiers of the 24th Infantry interred in the Natchez National Cemetery, they are:

Sam Hall was born in February 1895 and he enlisted in the Army in April 1914. Private First Class Hall served in Company K, 24th U.S. Infantry. This regiment was long known as Buffalo Soldiers from its origin on the western frontier during the 19th century. Hall and the 24th Infantry spent World War I years patrolling the U.S. border with Mexico. He was discharged in August 1923 and died December 12, 1924. He is buried in Natchez National Cemetery (Section B, Site 3538).
Felix Mathews (ca. 1846-1905) was born in Alabama and worked as a laborer before enlisting in the U.S. Army at age 24. Mathews served in Company G, 24th Infantry, from 1870 to 1875. He joined one of the regiments that became known as Buffalo Soldiers – all-black cavalries and infantries established in 1866 then consolidated in 1869. The 24th Infantry absorbed two of the original regiments and was based in Texas during these years. Private Mathews was discharged at Fort Brown. After military service, he married and raised a family near Natchez, Mississippi. Mathews was buried in Natchez National Cemetery in 1905. His widow remained in Natchez and on her death in 1930 she was buried in the national cemetery with him (Section G, Site 3222).
Roger J. Puckett, former Superintendent of Natchez National Cemetery, is buried in Section D, Site 3747.

58th U.S. Colored Troops, re-interred from below the bluffs and the forks of the roads and other sites in Adams County.

Union Navy soldiers re-interred in the Natchez National Cemetery. To cite a few:

William Preston, Quartermaster on the USS Hartford (Section D, Site 459).
John Keese, Seaman on the USS Osage (Section D, Site 423).
T.W. Roberts, Acting Ensign on the USS Osark (Section D, Site 421).