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Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
On Hallowed Ground opens with the long-delayed funeral of four servicemen, brought home for final honors at Arlington National Cemetery almost forty years after they disappeared in Vietnam. To understand how this tradition of extraordinary care for our war dead began, Robert Poole traces the founding of Arlington Cemetery on what had been the family plantation of Robert E. Lee. After resigning his commission in the U.S. Army, Lee left Arlington...
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery's history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen's village and farm, and America's most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the property served as a pauper's cemetery for men too poor...
Author
Publisher
Heritage Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"This handy reference volume contains alphabetical listings of men from Virginia and Maryland who served as: Confederate Naval officers and sailors; Confederate Marine Corps officers and enlisted men; and Confederate Signal Corps officers, signalmen and telegraph operators. The amount of data included in individual entries varies greatly. In addition to the name, any combination of the following may be included: rank and division, date and/or place...
Author
Publisher
D. Hakenson
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
This book provides a detailed tour of historic sites, cemeteries, and burial locations in the area around northern Fairfax County that borders Alexandria together with information about many participants in the War Between the States.
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