Posted on behalf of my friend Joe Kyle, historian of Hanover Tavern On Fri, May 23, 2008 Joe Kyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Jon I'm not more than a lurker on the LOV site, so I send you this. > If warranted, pls post to the LOV listserve. > > Another factor propelling the Ladies' Memorial Societies in various > southern states, was the action taken by congress in 1866 to rebury Union > soliders hastily buried on battlefields across the south in new > National Cemetery sites. Each National Cemetery would be enclosed by a > sturdy wall, and a caretaker's house would be built. The caretaker (with > his family) was usually a wounded Union ex soldier. His job was to care for > the graves. In the Richmond area they would be at Ft. Harrison, Glendale > and Cold Harbor. I'm told that CSA dead were specifically excluded. So a > "National" Cemetery that excluded CSA dead generated widespread indignation > in the South. The Ladies said, if the "nation" won't honor our dead, then we > will. > > I'm now retired from the Tavern, but new duties include 2 young grandkids > (girls) in NOVA. > -- Jon Kukla www.JonKukla.com ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html