Front:
Tomb of Unknown Dead, Arlington Cemetery, Va.
BENEATH THIS STONE
REPOSE THE BONES OF TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN UNKNOWN SOLDIERS
GATHERED AFTER THE WAR
FROM THE FIELDS OF BULL RUN, AND THE ROUTE TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK
THEIR REMAINS COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. BUT THEIR NAMES AND DEATHS ARE
RECORDED IN THE ARCHIVES OF THEIR COUNTRY: AND ITS GRATEFUL CITIZENS
HONOR THEM AS OF THEIR NOBLE ARMY OF MARTYRS.MAY THEY REST IN PEACES
SEPTEMBER, A.D.1866
Back:
ONE CENT for
United States, and
Island Possessions
Cuba, Canada
and Mexico
For message.
elsewhere
114 G. Publ. by Foster & Reynolds, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
HE dedication of the monument
of the Unknown Death in the
Arlington National Cemetery reads
“Beneath this Stone repose the
bones of two thousand one Hund-
red and Eleven Unknown Soldiers
Gathered after the war from the
fields of Bull run and the route
to the Rappahannock. Their re-
mains could not be identified but
their names and deaths are recor-
ded in the archives of their coun-
try, and its grateful citizens honor
them as of their noble army of
martyrs. May they rest in peace.
September, A. D. 1866.
