Introduction
Title
Introduction
Description
Features items in the "Introduction" mini-exhibit.
Collection Items
Map of Rosehill Cemetery (1883)
Map of Rosehill as featured in a Rosehill Cemetery Company publication.
Main Gate to Rosehill Cemetery (1877)
Image of the William W. Boyington Gate and Chapel in as featured in a Rosehill Cemetery Company publication.
Record of the Dedication of Rosehill Cemetery
Excerpt from Chicago Press Tribune with information on the dedication of Rosehill Cemetery.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Image of the Mount Auburn Cemetery, the first rural cemetery in the United States.
Antietam, Md. Confederate Dead by a Fence on the Hagerstown Road
Photo of Confederate dead at Antietam, September/October 1862.
Fredericksburg, Virginia. Burial of Federal Dead.
Photo depicting burial of Union dead at Fredericksburg, 1864.
A Burial Party on the Battlefield of Cold Harbor
Photo of a burial party on the Cold Harbor Battlefield, 1865.
Gettysburg, Pa. November 1863. Dedication of Gettysburg Battlefield.
Photo of the dedication of the Gettysburg Battlefield.