Oakwood Cemetery - Confederate Monument
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Image Details
- Source:
- The Valentine
- Collection:
- Cook Photograph Collection
- Date:
- Circa 1885
- Region:
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Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source) - Description:
- Glass plate negative showing a monument to the Confederate dead at Oakwood Cemetery in eastern Richmond, Virginia; text of memorial reads, "In memory of 16,000 Confederate soldiers from thirteen states. / Erected by the ladies of Oakwood Memorial Association, organized May 10, 1866. / The epitaph of the soldier who falls with his country, is written in the hearts of those who love the right and honor to be brave. Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana." Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Nine Mile Road (Richmond, Va.)
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