But, the cemetery's origins did not begin until 1864, when Abraham Lincoln established national cemeteries. The reason was to have places to bury those killed in the Civil War.
About half the graves at Chalmette National Cemetery are those of Civil War soldiers and there are 16,000 altogether dating from the War of 1812 to the Vietnam War.
The gravestones get smaller until some are just eight by eight inches square for those who are unknown. About half of the Civil war soldiers are unknown, many of them having been hastily buried where they fell in fighting and then later removed to the national cemetery.
--Brock-Perry
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