Tomb of the Civil War Unknowns - Arlington, Virginia
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flyingmoose
N 38° 52.825 W 077° 04.389
18S E 320172 N 4305549
Located in section 26 west of the garden.
Waymark Code: WM13YBB
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2021
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"The Civil War Unknowns Monument is a burial vault and memorial honoring unidentified dead from the American Civil War. It is located in the grounds of Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States. It was designed by Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs and constructed in 1865.
Many sources often incorrectly state that the monument was constructed in the middle of the Lee flower garden (often mischaracterized as a "rose garden"). However, the monument is just west of the flower garden, in what was once a grove of oak and elm trees." - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_Unknowns_Monument)
Monument Text:
BENEATH THIS STONE
REPOSE THE BONES OF TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN UNKNOWN SOLDIERS GATHERED AFTER THE WAR. FROM THE FIELDS OF BULL RUN AND THE ROUTE TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK, THEIR REMAINS COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. BUT THEIR NAMES AND DEATHS ARE RECORDED IN THE ARCHIVES OF THHEIR COUNTRY, AND ITS GRATEFUL CITIZENS HONOR THEM AS OF THEIR NOBLE ARMY OF MARTYRS. mAY THEY REST IN PEACE.
SEPTEMBER.A.D.1866