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By Richard E. Miller, August 30, 2009 | |
| | | 1. McClellan Arch - east face | | |
Inscription.
[East face, top of the arch:]
McCLELLAN
Here rest 15,585 of the 315,555 citizens who died in defense of our country from 1861 to 1865.
"On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round, the bivouac of the dead."
[East face, middle south column:]
MEIGS
[West face, top of the arch:]
"Rest on embalmed and sainted dead,
dear as the blood ye gave, no impious footsteps here shall tread on the herbage of your grave."
Erected 1879 by War Depatment.
Location. 38° 52.727′ N, 77° 4.032′ W. Marker is in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, in Arlington County. Marker is on McClellan Drive west of Eisenhower Drive. Click for map. Marker is in Section 12 of the National Cemetery. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Myer VA 22211, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. U.S.S. Houston and H.M.A.S. Perth (within shouting distance of this marker); Swiss Internees (about 600 feet away, in a direct line); 173d Airborne Brigade (Sep) (about 600 feet away); The Vietnamese Airborne Division and Their Advisors (about 700 feet away); U.S. Secret Army in the Kingdom of Laos. (about 800 feet away); Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines of African and Asian-Pacific Descent (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil Air Patrol (approx. 0.2 miles away); Amphibious Scouts and Raiders World War II (approx. 0.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Arlington National Cemetery. | | | | 
By Richard E. Miller, August 30, 2009 | |
| | | 2. McClellan Arch - west face. | | |
Also see . . . McClellan Arch. ...The arch was designed by Mr. Lot Flannery and was constructed during the 1870s as a tribute to the Civil War General, George B McClellan, whose war time headquarters were located at Arlington House, It was a tribute to General McClellan rather that a memorial since he did not die until October 29, 1885, and is not buried at Arlington. (Submitted on November 15, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
Additional keywords. Gen. George B. McClellan; Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs; Lot Flannery, designer: McClellan Arch.
Credits. This page originally submitted on November 15, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 159 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. Submitted on November 15, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page. |
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