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Source: Artillery Monument, Raleigh National Cemetery. Photo courtesy Donald Burgess Tilley Jr.

  • Monument Name

    Artillery Monument, Raleigh National Cemetery

  • Type

    Cannon

  • Subjects

    Civil War

  • City

    Raleigh

  • County

    Wake

  • Description

    A large cast-iron seacoast cannon, set upright on a stone base. Upon it rests a shield shaped plaque which lists the number of known and unknown dead at the cemetery. These plaques were placed in National Cemeteries in the 1870s.

  • Inscription

    Inscription on plaque: United States / NATIONAL MILITARY CEMETERY / RALEIGH. / ESTABLISHED 1866. / INTERMENTS 1161 / KNOWN 648 / UNKNOWN 513
    Image

  • Custodian

    Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Decade

    1870s

  • Geographic Coordinates

    35.774330 , -78.620660

  • Supporting Sources

      "Raleigh National Cemetery," NPS.gov, (accessed, February 15, 2012) Link

  • Public Site

    Unknown

  • Materials & Techniques

    A Surplus Cannon

  • Death Space

    Yes

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