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Civil War American National Cemeteries
All the graves are uniformly graded. The granite head-stones of equal dimensions—nine inches above ground, with an upper surface width of ten inches, upon which the name and rank of each of the dead, neatly cut and colored to be readily read, form continuous semi-circular lines of granite blocks, broken only by the division walks separating the respective State lots. Additional to this, each State lot has at its front center a conspicuous slab bearing the State inscription. The lots holding the "unknown" dead are marked by corner stones and tablets, upon which are noted the number buried. It will be remembered that the burial ground is arranged in semi-circular form, in the center of which is to stand the monument, with all the State-dividing walks converging to the monumental center.
National Cemeteries of the Civil War
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