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Metairie Cemetery
Orleans Parish, Louisiana
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| Army of Tennessee-Louisiana Division tomb General Sydney Albert Johnston rides atop the tomb on his horse, Fire Eater depicted just before Fire Eater and his rider met their ends at Shiloh |
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| Statue of a Confederate sergeant calling roll in front of the Army of Tennessee tomb. This marble statue, the work of sculpter Alexander Doyle, was modeled after a photograph of William Brunet, a sergeant of the LA Guard Battery of the Confederate Army, who was killed at the Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia in 1864. |
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| Looking inside the tomb of the Army of Tennessee Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard is buried here on the right side of this tomb, died Feb 20, 1893 |
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| Marker over the original burial place of General Albert Sydney Johnston |
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| Army of Northern Virginia-Louisiana Division monument with statue of General Thomas Stonewall Jackson atop |
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| Entrance to the mausoleum of the Army of Northern Virginia |
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| Burial vaults inside mausoleum below the Army of Northern Virginia monument |
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| Original burial place of Confederate President Jefferson Davis who was later removed to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. |
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| Washington Artillery Battalion monument Dedicated in 1880. A cenotaph, as noone is buried below it. Inscribed is a "Roll of Honor", names of those killed in action from the famed unit in all wars |
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