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Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: July 18, 2003
Caption: Oakwood Cemetery Confederate Section Tablet
Additional Description: This ground is the last bivouac of 17,00 Confederate soldiers slain in defence of the South. In gratitude for their devotion the Commonwealth of Virginia by act of the Assembly of 1930 has provided perpetual care for their graves, a sacred trust which the City of Richmond has accepted.
Submitted: January 21, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p50763
File Size: 0.437 Megabytes

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