GROVETON MONUMENT AND MARKER
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument
Year Dedicated: 1865
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: SHANE OLIVER
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THIS MONUMENT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY UNION SOLDIERS AT THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR. IT HONORS FEDERAL DEAD OF THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS, THE MONUMENT WAS DEDICATED ON JUNE 11, 1865. SOUVENIR HUNTERS LATER STRIPPED THE MONUMENT OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY SHELLS THAT ORIGINALLY ADORNED IT.
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