Monument. Located in the center of the Metairie Cemetery, Louisiana, is the Tomb of the Army of Northern Virginia. Dedicated on May 10, 1881, the monument was erected in memory to the men of the Division of the Army of Northern Virginia, who served and died in the Civil War. The monument, made of white granite, rises fifty feet above the ground with a statue of General Stonewall Jackson on top and the inscription: "ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, LOUISIANA DIVISION," and "FROM MANASSAS TO APPOMATTOX, 1861 TO 1865." This is also the original burial site of Confederate States of America President, Jefferson Davis.
Monument. Located in the center of the Metairie Cemetery, Louisiana, is the Tomb of the Army of Northern Virginia. Dedicated on May 10, 1881, the monument was erected in memory to the men of the Division of the Army of Northern Virginia, who served and died in the Civil War. The monument, made of white granite, rises fifty feet above the ground with a statue of General Stonewall Jackson on top and the inscription: "ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, LOUISIANA DIVISION," and "FROM MANASSAS TO APPOMATTOX, 1861 TO 1865." This is also the original burial site of Confederate States of America President, Jefferson Davis.
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Inscription
Nor can there fail to arise the image of that other Army that was the adversary of the Army of the Potomac - and which, who can ever forget that once looked upon it? - that array of tattered uniforms and bright muskets – that body of incomparable infantry – the Army of Northern Virginia, which for four years carried the revolt on its bayonets – opposing a constant front to the mighty concentration of power brought against it – which receiving terrible blows, did not fail to give the like and which vital in all its parts died only with its annihilation.
(William) Swinton's History of the Army of the Potomac.
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