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Group places Arkansas soil on the graves of Civil War soldiers buried in Virginia

By: Jim Williamson - Texarkana Gazette

Mary Jackson of Texarkana, Texas, places Arkansas soil on the graves of Arkansas Confederate soldiers in Stonewall Cemetery inside Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Va. The soldiers died in the Civil War. The Arkansas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy helped the Virginia chapter...

Eight Arkansas women drove to Winchester, Va., carrying Ben Lomond, Ark., soil to place on the graves of 20 Arkansas men who died during the Civil War.

During the 145th annual Confederate Memorial Day services at the Stonewall Cemetery inside Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Va., ...

Published: 07/13/2011