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Montgomery Cunningham Meigs.
Brigadier General, Brevet Major General,
U.S. Army. Quartermaster General 1861 -1882.
Soldier, Engineer, Architect,
Scientist, Patriot.
Born 1816 - Died 1892 |
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McClellan Gate. Following the
establishment of Arlington National Cemetery in 1864, the grounds were
enclosed. Several gates provided pedestrian and vehicular access. The main
entrance to the cemetery was located where the McClellan Arch currently
towers 30 feet above the roadway |
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(8-5-2001)
Unique memorial to John Rogers Meigs, only son of Gen. Montgomery C.
Meigs, Quartermaster General of the Union Army. The younger Meigs was killed
in battle near Dayton, VA in 1864. The elder Meigs is buried nearby |
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