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Salisbury National Cemetery entrance

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From the main gate at Salisbury National Cemetery in Rowan County, North Carolina. This image was taken on March 15, 2014. It shows a stone wall attached to the iron wrought gate which allows entrance to the cemetery.

Salisbury Baseball Match

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Prussian painter and lithgrapher Otto Boetticher joined with a New York regiment and was captured by Confederates and placed in Salisbury prison. His illustration of a baseball game at Salisbury is the first known image of baseball.

Escape Attempt from Salisbury

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This image shows the escape attempt of US POWs at Salisbury prison in December 1864. The drawing

Salisbury Monuments

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A photo of the Salisbury National Cemetery it focuses on the thousands of graves along with the Maine and Federal Monuments. It was a beautiful day for taking pictures.

Pennsylvania Monument at Salisbury National Cemetery

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Created in 1910 the Pennsylvania Monument was built to honor prisoners from the Commonwealth who died at Salisbury prison. The Pennsylvania Monument did not attack the Confederate authorities and focused on peace.

Grave of William Jones at Salisbury National Cemetery

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William Jones, a veteran of the Spanish American War, was buried at Salisbury National Cemetery in 1954. His grave is one of many from the Spanish-American War and focuses on his state unit, not the national force.

United Daughters of the Confederacy marker, Salisbury National Cemetery

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The United Daughters of the Confederacy created a marker contextualizing Salisbury prison in the 1990s. Countering the Federal Monument, the UDC marker lowered the death toll at the prison from the impossibly high 11,700 to a more plausible 3,700.

Maine Monument, Salisbury National Cemetery

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Built in 1909 the Maine Monument was created to honor the Maine soldiers who died in Salisbury prison during the Civil War. Paid for by the Maine state legislature.

Federal Monument, Salisbury National Cemetery

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The largest memorial in Salisbury National Cemetery, the Federal Monument was built to honor the unknown dead of Salisbury prison. Paid for in 1873 the monument had the incredibly high claim of 11,700 dead which was done without accurate archaeology…

Federal Monument, Front Panel, Salisbury National Cemetery

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Main panel of the Federal Monument describing the impossible number of Salisbury prison dead.