Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago

Oak Woods Cemetery was established in 1854 at 1035 E. 67th Street in Chicago, Illinois. 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, were buried together here. Known as the "Confederate Mound," a monument has been erected in their memory.

Related Topics:
1854 - Chicago, Illinois - American Civil War - Confederate soldiers - Camp Douglas

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Among the personalities interred here are:

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• 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
• Big Jim Colosimo (1877-1920), Mafioso
• Charles S. Deneen (1863-1940), politician
• Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993), composer, the "father of gospel music"
• Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), physicist
• William Draper Harkins (1873-1951), nuclear chemist
• John Johansen (1876-1964), painter
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944), Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Executive
• Little Brother Montgomery (c.1906-1985), Blues piano player and singer
• Jesse Owens (1913-1980), athlete, Olympic champion
• Roebuck 'Pops' Staples (1915-2000), gospel singer
• Bill Veeck (1914-1986), Major League Baseball owner
• Harold Washington (1922-1987), lawyer, politician
• Junior Wells (1934-1998), Blues musician

See also:

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