 Initially, casualties of the battle were interred in a section of the city owned Magnolia Cemetery, but they quickly had a need for more space and a plot of was granted to the Army by the city in 1866.By 1871, the cemetery had 841 interments, mostly soldiers whose remains were moved from other nearby battlefield sites.Mobile National Cemetery was listed, along with the rest of Magnolia Cemetery, on the National Register of Historic Places on 13 June 1986.