On hallowed ground
Subtitle: the story of Arlington National Cemetery
By: Robert M. Poole.
Publisher: Walker & Co.; Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780802715487
Subjects: Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) -- History; Arlington (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc; United States -- History, Military -- Miscellanea
Genres: Miscellanea
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Disunion; title: Leaving Arlington; title: Occupation; title: "Vast army of the wounded"; title: First burials; title: A question of ownership; title: pt. 2. Reunion; title: "A splendid little war"; title: L'Enfant's grand view; title: Known but to God; title: A time to build up; title: "We are in it, all the way"; title: The nastiest little war; title: pt. 3. The nation's cemetery; title: "I could stay here forever"; title: The last unknown; title: War comes to Arlington; title: Taps; title: Appendix 1: Chronology; title: Appendix 2: Regulations for burial.