GROVETON MONUMENT AND MARKER
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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Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- Obelisks War Monument
- 1865
- MANASSAS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK
- 20155
- SHANE OLIVER
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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