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U. S. CIVIL WAR
PHOTOGRAPHS
FIRST MANASSAS (BULL RUN)
PAGE SIX OF SIX
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at the photograph.
 
GROVETON CEMETRY
The Sign on the gate reads: Confederate Dead 1861 1862.
  Groveton Cemetery NPS Sign
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The Groveton Cemetery Monument
The text on each side reads:
WE CARE NOT WHENCE THEY CAME DEAR IN THEIR LIFELESS CLAY; WHETHER UNKNOWN OR
KNOWN TO FAME. THEIR CAUSE AND COUNTRY STILL THE SAME. THEY DIED --- AND WORE
THE GRAY.
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY ON THE FIELDS OF THE FIRST
AND SECOND BATTLES OF MANASSAS.
BUT FOR THEY THE COUNTING OF TIME IS NOT FOR THEY DWELL IN THE CITY OF GOD.
THEY SLEEP WELL IN THEIR UNKNOWN GRAVES ON THE FAR AWAY BATTLEFIELD.