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The Cross of Honor is in the form of a cross pattée suspended from a metal bar with space for engraving. It has no cloth ribbon. The obverse displays the Confederate battle flag placed on the center thereof surrounded by a wreath, with the inscription UNITED DAUGHTERS [of the] CONFEDERACY TO THE U. C. V. (the UCV is the United Confederate Veterans) on the four arms of the cross.
The federal government's policy toward Confederate graves at Arlington National Cemetery changed at the end of the 19th century. The 10-week Spanish–American War of 1898 marked the first time since prior to the Civil War that Americans from all states, North and South, were involved in a military conflict with a foreign power. [11]
Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier in 2012 Honor Guard at Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier during Fall Muster, 2014. The Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier is a tomb on the grounds of Beauvoir in Biloxi, Mississippi, that holds the remains of an unidentified Confederate soldier of the American Civil War.
This category is for permanent military cemeteries established for Confederate soldiers and sailors who died during campaigns or operations. A common difference between cemeteries of war graves and those of civilian peacetime graves is the uniformity of those interred. They generally died during a relatively short period, in a small geographic ...
Type 1 was a Confederate soldier on a column with his weapon at parade rest, or weaponless and gazing into the distance. These accounted for approximately half the monuments studied. They are, however, the most popular among the courthouse monuments. Type 2 was a Confederate soldier on a column with rifle ready, or carrying a flag or bugle.
The Stranger’s grave marker. The unknown lies buried about 100 ft (30 m) away from Colley. [12] Since 1956, a Confederate flag has been placed beside his headstone on Memorial Day. Two Southern women sent the first flag and persuaded the town to place it at his grave. [13] The Daughters of the Confederacy continued the tradition in later ...
Linda Stefanov, commander of American Legion Post No. 494 in Sugarcreek, holds a flag that will fly at the grave marker of Civil War soldier Solomon Duncan at Zion Cemetery in New Bedford. One of ...
Confederate Soldier Memorial: Huntsville, Madison County Courthouse Oscar Hummel, sculptor Georgia Marble Works, fabricator granite unveiled November 21, 1905 [1] "In memory of the heroes who fell in defense of the principles which gave birth to the Confederate cause erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Our Confederate dead.