Arlington National Cemetery

[38.88261, -77.068409]

Civil War Related

Click the link at the bottom of the page to see early photos.

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

View of Washington from Arlington House

(38.88111, -77.07242)

The Tomb of the Unknown Dead of the Civil War at the Arlington National Cemetery contains the remains of over 2,100 soldiers from the US Civil War.

The Tomb of the Unknown Dead of the Civil War

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Brig. Gen. Peter Leary, Jr.

Entered the army as a volunteer private in 1862.

Promoted to Brig. Gen. in 1904.

Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny equestrian statue, one of only two people honored with an equestrian statue in Arlington National Cemetery. (38.88005, -77.07585)

The other is Sir John Dill.

Edgar O'Connor

Colonel, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Quartermaster, 7th United States Infantry

Killed in Action at Grovetown, Virginia, August 28, 1862, aged 29 years

Erected By Survivors of the Regiment

The Iron Brigade

The Confederate Memorial is on the west side of Arlington National Cemetery, it was built by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1914.

This memorial serves the purpose of honoring their dead and symbolizing a reunited North and South.

(38.87627, -77.07684)

The graves of Confederate soldiers and veterans who died in the Washington DC area are arranged in concentric circles around the monument.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                                                          Historic photos of Arlington National Cemetery