Greenwood Cemetery is a public cemetery in West Galena Township in the city of Galena, Illinois. It is located one mile west of downtown Galena at the intersection of US 20 (Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Highway) and Gear Street.
Greenwood Cemetery interments include United States Civil War veterans and casualties along with a number of staff members from President Ulysses S. Grant's administration. Greenwood is an active cemetery and is open to the public.
Notable interments
Notable interments include Leo E. Allen Augustus Louis Chetlain Charles S. Hempstead Jasper A. Maltby Robert H. McClellan William R. Rowley John Corson Smith John Eugene Smith Elihu B. Washburne
External links Galena & U.S. Grant Museum Jo Daviss County – Greenwood Cemetery Greenwood Cemetery: Illinois Digital Archives – Illinois State Library