The area where the cemetery is now once was a training camp and POW camp during the Civil War. Located 2.5 miles east of Interstate 55 outside Springfield (and Riverton), Illinois, Camp Butler National Cemetery has a lot of history to tell. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 15, 1997 (#97000891).

00:00 Intro
01:00 Camp Butler marker erected by Illinois State Historical Society
02:39 Administration building with another Camp Butler marker
06:10 Final resting place of George W. Ford (national cemetery admin and civil rights activist)
07:22 Grave of Otis Beverly Duncan (highest ranked African American officer in World War I)
08:43 Confederate section and Confederate Burials historical marker
10:56 Grave of John H. Catherwood (Medal of Honor recipient)
12:05 Avenue of Flags and various memorials
14:05 Marker about Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address

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