The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery-- Part 1

From the ANC site.

I did not know this, but hundreds of Confederate soldiers are buried at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC).  Most even before the end of the war.  Sadly, their family members were often denied permission to decorate their graves and in some cases even denied entry because of war hatred.

However, the Spanish-American War did much to blunt sectional feelings as again northerners and southerners fought on the same side.

In June 1900, "in spirit of national reconciliation," the U.S. Congress authorized a section of ANC set aside for the burial of Confederate dead.  by the end of 1901, Confederate soldiers buried in the Alexandria, Virginia and Soldiers' Home in Washington, DC, were reinterred in that section.

Among the 482 buried there are 48 officers, 351 enlisted men, 58 wives, 15 civilians and 12 unknowns.

Their gravestones are distinct from those of Union soldiers because of their pointed tops.

--Old Secesh