Alternate title: | Tablet erected on spot where Colonel Fletcher Webster fell in Second Battle of Manassas, VA |
Summary: | Tablet erected on spot where Colonel Fletcher Webster fell in Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia, circa 1907-1914. Tablet reads: "In memory of Colonel Fletcher Webster who here fell August 30, 1862 while gallantly leading his regiment, the 12th Mass. volunteers. This memorial was dedicated Oct. 21, 1914 by survivors of his regiment and Fletcher Webster Post, C. A. R. of Brockton, Mass. He gave his life for the principles laid down by his father, Daniel Webster. 'Liberty and union now and forever, one and inseparable.' This boulder was taken from the Webster place, Marshfield, Mass." Postcard number: A53457. |
Provider: | Curt Teich & Co. |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Illinois |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Chicago |
Temporal subject: |
1901-1910
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1911-1920
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Virginia |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Manassas |
Topical subjects: | Monuments & memorials |
Webster, Fletcher, 1813-1862
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862 |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Copyright holder: | Public Domain |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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