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Stone Mountain Carving, Georgia Post Cards
Stone Mountain Park's Confederate Memorial Carving of Davis, Lee, Jackson, and their favorite horses, Blackjack, Traveller and Little Sorrel.
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Military Railroad Boxcars and Soldiers 1862 Card
Hallowed Ground Postcard
Virginia voted for secession in May of 1861. Shortly thereafter, General Irvin McDowell crossed the Potomac River and occupied Arlington House, the former home of Robert E. Lee. By 1864, Union dead filled the existing military cemeteries. Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War, ordered General Montgomery Meigs to find land for another cemetery. He chose the 1,100 acre estate now known as Arlington National Cemetery.