Inscription Reads:
HERE WAS LAID TO REST BY THE CITIZENS OF
WASHINGTON UNDER PUBLIC AUTHORITY, THE BODIES OF THREE
CONFEDERATE CAVALRYMEN KILLED DURING THE BATTLE OF
WASHINGTON JULY 24, 1863. WHERE A FORCE IN COMMAND OF
CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOHN MORGAN WAS OVERTAKEN AND DEFEATED
BY GENERAL CAVALRYMEN IN COMMAND OF GENERAL JAMES M.
SHACKELFORD. |