Veteran Cemeteries

Monument site · VA-listed site

Woodlawn Monument Site

Terre Haute, Indiana

Listed by the VA as a monument site. A monument does not by itself indicate burials at the location.

Location

N 3rd Street and 4th Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47802

The map point uses coordinates from a VA dataset. It marks the site approximately and has not been checked against the visitor entrance. Get directions · View on OpenStreetMap

Visiting

Address
N 3rd Street and 4th Avenue, Terre Haute, IN 47802
Phone
815-423-9958 · Fax 815-423-5824
Visiting hours
Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Office hours
Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays, excluding Memorial Day.
Time zone
Eastern Time
Burial space
Closed
Accessibility
Not yet verified — call the cemetery to ask about parking and paths.
Official page
cem.va.gov

Hours and contact details are as published on the VA’s page for this cemetery, checked November 11, 2026. Hours change for holidays, weather and ceremonies.

Flowers and grounds policy, from the VA

Floral arrangements are not authorized at any time in the cemetery.

Weapons Policy
VA regulations 38 CFR 1.218 prohibit the carrying of firearms (either openly or concealed), explosives or other dangerous or deadly weapons while on VA property, except for official purposes, such as military funeral honors.

Possession of firearms on any property under the charge and control of VA is prohibited. Offenders may be subject to a fine, removal from the premises, or arrest.


General information, from the VA

The private and community cemeteries that contain NCA soldiers' and government lots, and Confederate cemeteries, do not always have staffed offices on site. When administrative information for the larger cemetery is available, it is provided below.

Woodlawn Cemetery
Phone: (812) 877-2531
Website: http://www.terrehaute.in.gov/departments/cemetery 
NOTE: Link will take you outside the VA website. VA does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of the linked website.

This monument site is overseen by Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

Please contact the national cemetery for more information.

Directions from Nearest Airport
From the airport in Terre Haute, take Route 42 West to Route 41 North. Route 41 (150) North/South is also 3rd Street. From Route 41, enter Woodlawn Cemetery at 4th Avenue entrance. Cemetery is located approximately six blocks north of Indiana State University. Once inside Woodlawn Cemetery, the monument is located at the intersection of Wabash and Central Avenues in the southwest area of the cemetery.

From the North or South of Terre Haute: Take Highway 41 (this is also 3rd Street) to the entrance of Woodlawn Cemetery at North 3rd Street & 4th Avenue.

From the East or West: Take Interstate 70 to Highway 41. Travel north on Highway 41 to the entrance of Woodlawn Cemetery at North 3rd Street & 4th Avenue.


Planning a visit to a veterans cemetery

Pay your respects

Visitors to veterans’ graves sometimes leave a coin on the headstone to show that someone came. You can leave a symbolic coin here. No money is involved, and nothing about you is published. About the custom, and what each coin is said to mean.

History

Reproduced from the VA National Cemetery Administration’s page for this cemetery, retrieved November 11, 2026. This is the VA’s text, unedited; it is not independent research by this site.

Woodlawn Cemetery is the oldest extant cemetery in Terre Haute, Indiana. After its establishment in 1839, families began removing remains from other local cemeteries to be re-interred in Woodlawn. In the years following its opening, the cemetery donated land for the establishment of Catholic and Jewish cemeteries. Several mayors of Terre Haute, along with other local notables, are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

The Confederate Monument is located at the intersection of Central and Wabash Avenues within Woodlawn Cemetery. Erected in 1912, the 11' tall granite monument commemorates 11 Confederate prisoners of war who died in a local prison and are interred in Woodlawn. The names of the Confederates are inscribed in bronze tablets attached to the monument. Ten of the 11 soldiers were members of Gantt's 9th battalion, Tennessee Cavalry.


Notable burials and memorials

Reproduced from the VA’s page for this cemetery, retrieved November 11, 2026, including Medal of Honor recipients where the VA lists them. Links lead to the VA’s own records. To correct an entry, contact the VA; to tell us our copy is out of date, report it.


Nearby veterans cemeteries

Distances are straight-line, not driving distances. All listed sites in Indiana

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration. Find a Cemetery: all national cemeteries, and each cemetery’s own page. U.S. government work (public domain). Retrieved November 11, 2026. Used for: name, address, phone and burial-space status, hours, policies, history and notable burials.
  2. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration. Woodlawn Monument Site (official cemetery page). Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  3. Map position: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration. VA National Cemetery Sites (dataset).

This page was imported from the sources above and has not yet been individually reviewed by an editor. See the methodology.