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365-186, Center Cemetery, Southampton, Massachussetts

A photo-a-day for A Hobbling A Day. July 4, 2012.

 

This was a monument built in Center Cemetery in Southampton Massachusetts in 1866.

 

Erected by the Town and Hon. S.C. Pomeroy: In grateful remembrance of patriotic and brave Volunteers of Southampton, whose lives were sacrificed in defense of Liberty and Union during the great Rebellion.

 

These people did not waffle when it came to assigning responsibility and blame. It is instructive to see where these men died:

Fair Oaks, Va.

Chantilly, Va.

Cold Harbor, Va.

The Wilderness

Spotsylvania, Va.

Richmond, Va.

Petersburg, Va.

Augusta, Ga.

Bayou Beouf, La.

Andersonville, Ga.

New Orleans, La.

Baton Rouge, La.

Roanoke Island, NC.

Vicksburg, Ms.

 

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