"Let us, then, at the time appointed gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of spring-time;
let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us; a sacred charge upon a nation's gratitude, the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan."
-General John Logan, General Orders No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868
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