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Tour Stop 11 - Antietam National Cemetery Entrance
Tour Stop 11 - Plaque Reads "Rest on Embalmed and Sainted Dead Dear as the Blood Ye Gave No Impious footstep Here Shall Tread The Herbage of Your Grave" |
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Tour Stop 11 - Antietam National Cemetery Graves
Tour Stop 11 - The Private Soldier Monument is a granite statue at the center of the cemetery. It stands at 44 feet-7 inches and weighs 250 tons, and is made up of 27 pieces. The soldier depicts a Union infantryman facing homeward to the north. Just the soldier is 21½ feet tall and weighs about 30 tons |