Beginning in 1909, Union Civil War veterans from across the United States began moving to St. Cloud, many drawn by promotions in Northern newspapers. After Lucius L. Mitchell, the first veteran to die in St. Cloud, passed away in December 1909 and was buried in nearby Kissimmee because St. Cloud had no veterans cemetery, the local Grand Army of the Republic helped establish Mount Peace Cemetery for Union veterans. The Seminole Land and Investment Company deeded a ten-acre tract to the Mount Peace Cemetery Association, which began selling plots. Union veterans were buried there from 1910 to 1942, totaling 427 burials, including three African-American soldiers who served in the United States Colored Troops, fifteen documented survivors of Andersonville prison, one Medal of Honor recipient, and two Confederate veterans, one of whom served both armies. Later, veterans of more recent conflicts were also buried at Mount Peace, and Lucius Mitchell's remains were relocated there years after the cemetery opened. Known as Soldier City, St. Cloud had the largest concentration of Union army veterans in the South. The first Union veteran buried in Mount Peace was Orrin B. King on February 4, 1910, and the last was William C. Russell, who died August 12, 1942. Since the cemetery opened, nearly 1,000 additional veterans of later conflicts have been buried there, including 2 from the Plains Indian wars, 286 from the Spanish American War, 163 from World War I, 246 from World War II, 52 from the Korean War, 36 from the Vietnam War, 1 from the Gulf War, and 116 who served in peacetime. Among them were Walter Koch, a World War I veteran who died in France; Dan Armstrong, the last World War I veteran buried there, who died just short of his 105th birthday; Edwin Young of the 31st Infantry Polar Bear regiment; Army Nurse Corps 1st Lt. Jessie Theige, one of the few women to receive full veteran benefits; John Hixon, a World War II prisoner of war of Japan who endured the Bataan Death March; Wayne Horner, a World War II prisoner of war held at Germany's Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen; and James Buckner, who survived the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.