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The granite memorial arch at the cemetery gate is inscribed: “Here rest the remains of 10,312 Officers and Soldiers who died in defense of the Union 1861-1865.”
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The original sections of the cemetery were arranged in concentric circles around a flagstaff with paths radiating through the circles. |
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Over 17,000 men are buried here from five wars, more than 3,000 of them unknown. |
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Many of the men died during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. |
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The cemetery was to contain the graves of both Union and Confederate dead, however, Marietta officials did not want Confederate dead to be buried near Yankee dead, so they formed a separate Confederate Cemetery. |
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The Wisconsin Monument is dedicated to the memory of 405 sons of that state who perished during the Civil War. |
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The white marble and concrete rostrum, 37 feet by 22 feet, with a metal roof was constructed in April 1940. The structure is of a classic architectural design and resembles a Greek temple of the Acropolis. |
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Three marble benches were added in June 1940. A flagstone walk between the rostrum and the flagpole passes beneath the wisteria arbor. |
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A marble obelisk monument dedicated in honor of 20th Army Corps comrades was erected in May 1870. |
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List of 20th Corps Civil War Battles |
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