Format:
Book
Title:
On hallowed ground : the story of Arlington National Cemetery / Robert M. Poole.
Author:
Poole, Robert M.
Call Number:
975.5295 POOLE
Publisher, Date:
New York : Walker & Co., c2009.
Description:
p. cm.
Subjects:
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) -- History.
Arlington (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
United States -- History, Military -- Miscellanea.
Contents:
pt. 1. Disunion -- Leaving Arlington -- Occupation -- "Vast army of the wounded" -- First burials -- A question of ownership -- pt. 2. Reunion -- "A splendid little war" -- L'Enfant's grand view -- Known but to God -- A time to build up -- "We are in it, all the way" -- The nastiest little war -- pt. 3. The nation's cemetery -- "I could stay here forever" -- The last unknown -- War comes to Arlington -- Taps -- Appendix 1: Chronology -- Appendix 2: Regulations for burial.
ISBN:
0802715486
9780802715487 (hbk. : alk. paper)