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This is the Groveton Confederate Cemetery. The sign says "Of the 266 soldiers buried here, only two are fully identified. Heavy fire often kept either side from claiming the dead, and after both battles the army had to maneuver quickly. Some of the wounded lay for days in the blistering sun. After the fighting, burial details dug shallow, unmarked mass graves. The process took weeks. Autumn rains soon washed away the thin cover of soil, exposing the remains. In 1866, the United Daughters of the Confederacy established Groveton Cemetery and has these remains reinterred here." |