Histopolis Place-of-the-Day
Histopolis features a different cemetery, town, county or other place every day on the Place-of-The-Day.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The Histopolis Place-of-the-Day for Wednesday, October 27, 2010 is the Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery in Fort Winnebago Town, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
"Fort Winnebago Cemetery Soldiers’ Lot is located near the site of Old Fort Winnebago, 2.5 miles north of Portage, Wisconsin. Established in 1828, Fort Winnebago was one in a series of forts along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, a portage used to link the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, connecting Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. Jefferson Davis was stationed at Fort Winnebago as a young soldier, before going on to become the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War."Interments in the post cemetery began in 1835. Fort Winnebago closed in 1853 and was sold at a public sale. Although not exempted from the sale, the cemetery property was omitted from the deed. As a result, by default, the United States retained the post cemetery. The 2-acre site was designated as a soldiers’ lot in 1862. There are 75 gravesites in the lot, including dead from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War and World War I."
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October 2010
Day | Place |
1 | Whatcom County, Washington |
2 | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia |
3 | Barrancas National Cemetery, Escambia County, Florida |
4 | Calverton National Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York |
5 | Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado |
6 | Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California |
7 | Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
8 | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California |
9 | Houston National Cemetery, Harris County, Texas |
10 | Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana |
11 | Alton National Cemetery, Alton, Alton Township, Madison County, Illinois |
12 | Balls Bluff National Cemetery, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia |
13 | Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore County, Maryland |
14 | Bath National Cemetery, Steuben County, New York |
15 | Beverly National Cemetery, Edgewater Park Township, Burlington County, New Jersey |
16 | Black Hills National Cemetery, Unorganized Territory of Southwest Meade, Meade County, South Dakota |
17 | Cave Hill National Cemetery, Cave Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
18 | City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell, Hopewell City, Virginia |
19 | Cold Harbor National Cemetery, Hanover County, Virginia |
20 | Corinth National Cemetery, Corinth, Supervisor District 3, Alcorn County, Mississippi |
21 | Crown Hill National Cemetery, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Center Township, Marion County, Indiana |
22 | Danville National Cemetery, Danville Township, Vermilion County, Illinois |
23 | Fayetteville National Cemetery, Fayetteville, Fayetteville Township, Washington County, Arkansas |
24 | Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas |
25 | Togus National Cemetery, Chelsea Town, Kennebec County, Maine |
26 | Fort Meade National Cemetery, Unorganized Territory of Southwest Meade, Meade County, South Dakota |
27 | Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery, Fort Winnebago Town, Columbia County, Wisconsin |
28 | Long Island National Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York |
29 | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona |
30 | Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas |
31 | Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma |
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Note: The first Place-of-the-Day was in September 2010