Simon Sommers became an Assistant Engineer in the Confederate Corps of Engineers, receiving his commission in 1864 after serving two years in the Corps in the defense of Petersburg and Lynchburg.
He returned to Arlington County in the early 20th century and died there on November 13, 1913. He was buried with the other Southerners in the Confederate Section of Arlington National Cemetery.
His wife Margaret died January 29, 1923, and is buried alongside him.
--Old Secesh
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