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Civil War American National Cemeteries
Last of all is:
" Through the rebellion's horrors,
Bright shines our nation's fame, Our gailant soldiers, perishing, Have won a deathless name. "
Captain James M. Moore, Assistant Quartermaster U. S. A., who was sent by the Government in July, 1865, to mark the graves for future identification, and also to enclose the cemetery, under date of September 20th, 1865, describes the place and his work as follows:
the different stations along the route the object of the expedition was well known, and not unfrequently men wearing the garb of rebel soldiers would enter the cars and discuss the treatment of our prisoners at Andersonville; all of whom candidly admitted it was shameful, and a blot on the escutcheon of the south that years would not efface.
National Cemeteries of the Civil War
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