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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: January 7, 2018
Caption: Reconciliation
The Sangster's Station Monument
Additional Description: “These plates once graced the four sides of a monument commemorating the 1863 Battle of Sangster's Station.

Confederate cavalry of the Laurel Brigade clashed with Co. I of the l55th New York Volunteers ­— known as Corcoran's Irish Legion — on December 17 of that year.

John McAnally, a member of the l55th New York Volunteers and participant in the engagement, initiated an effort in 1903 to recognize units on both sides of the battle. Northern and Southern survivors contributed funds for its construction. The modest marker stood on the grounds of the former Alms House near the site of the clash. It is believed to be the only instance of former enemy combatants collaborating to finance and construct a monument to memorialize their own engagement.

Vandalized in the 1940s, the plates disappeared for many years before being recovered and loaned to the museum. The original statue base disappeared decades ago.

On long term loan from:
Lee Hubbard
John Kincheloe
Lewis Leigh”
Signage at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum
(1958 photo by Lee Hubbard)
Submitted: January 9, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p411603
File Size: 1.641 Megabytes

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