This image is of the Yorktown National Cemetery. The site was selected in 1866 as a convenient location to several Civil War Battle from the Peninsular Campaign. Of the total of 2,204 burials in the cemetery, there are 1,596 marked graves. 747 are of known persons and 1,436 unknown. Those buried here were for the most part Union Army soldiers, although 10 Confederate soldiers and three wives are also interred here. The Cemetery sits in the middle of the Yorktown Battlefield and is well worth a contemplative visit to pay our respects to those who have gave the last full measure for our country.
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