Groveton - Manassas, Virginia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flyingmoose
N 38° 49.251 W 077° 33.237
18S E 278276 N 4299995
Monument in the northwest quadrant of the battlefield park.
Waymark Code: WM133RX
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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One of the earliest monuments of the post Civil War. It was placed the year the war ended. It honors the fallen soldiers of the United States.

Original text on monument:

IN
MEMORY
OF THE
PATRIOTS
WHO FELL AT
GROVETON.
AUG 28TH 29TH & 30TH 1862

Text from nearby sign:
Like its companion monument on Henry Hill, this obelisk was constructed by Union soldiers at the close of the Civil War. It honors the Federal dead of the Second Battle of Manassas. The monument was dedicated on June 11th 1865. Souvenir hunters later stripped the monument of the field artillery shells that originally adorned it.

Date Installed or Dedicated: 06/10/1865

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Union Soldiers

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union

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