Artillery Monument, Raleigh National Cemetery
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 on plaque:
United States / NATIONAL MILITARY CEMETERY / RALEIGH. / ESTABLISHED 1866. /
INTERMENTS 1161 / KNOWN 648 / UNKNOWN 513
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Donated in late 1890’s
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Cast-iron, stone
The memorial is placed in the Raleigh National Cemetery located at 501 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, NC 27610. Bivouac of the Dead and Gettysburg Address plaques are also in the cemetery.
The monument is located in the grass-covered grounds of the cemetery surrounded by rows of small white grave markers.