CSPAN2 Book TV February 14, 2010
washington within a 30-mile radius of washington to recover unknown soldiers from that war. they brought them here to this part of arlington. after the war, these teams recovered the dead, the unknowns, from chancellorsville, pots of money, the other great battlefields, and meigs had a huge pit dug your, this spot, and had been buried in a mass grave in 1866. 2111 unknowns buried here at arlington. this is at the edge, the end of mrs. lee's garden so it is another instance of meigs', not only taking the opportunity to honor the war dead, but also to be wrecked a barrier to the lees r...