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To: rktman

My father is buried there.

This was Robert E. Lee’s home and estate. Union soldiers occupied it and buried Union dead on its grounds to send a message to General Lee of the deaths he had caused.


11 posted on 02/09/2014 9:12:29 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Hostage

Do you know where U.S. soldiers were buried prior to the Civil War???


12 posted on 02/09/2014 9:16:09 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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