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Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia, circa 1951-1980

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Summary:Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia, circa 1951-1980. Caption reads: "Fredericksburg National Cemeterey, a part of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg, Va. Here on gracefully terraced slopes on Marye's Heights are interred some 15,000 Federal dead, over 12,000 of whom are unknown. To the left of the entrance gate is the Butterfield Monument erected to the memory of the gallant Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac." Postcard number: 13431.
Creator:Miller, Walter H.
Provider:Walter H. Miller & Company, Inc.
Century:1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:Williamsburg
Place of origin – Settlement:Virginia
Temporal subject: 1951-1960
1961-1970
1971-1980
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:Virginia
Geographical subject – Settlement:Fredericksburg
Geographical subject – District:Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Topical subjects:Cemeteries
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Monuments & memorials
United States -- Army -- Corps, 5th (1862-1865)
Genre:Postcards
ArchivesUM location:Institute of American Deltiology Postcard Collection
  • series Virginia
  • box 13
Repository:National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection
Browse terms:Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places
Copyright holder:Unknown
Collection:National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection
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