After the First Battle of Manassas, fought July 21, 1861, Confederate casualties were evacuated by train, and Brandy Station became a hospital site. While we cannot be certain, there is a possibility that these troopers could have recovered in the…
The monument is a granite cuboid marker with bronze tablets on each side, listing the names of 184 Confederate prisoners that are buried at Philadelphia National Cemetery, but whose specific graves cannot be identified. It was opened at a ceremony on…