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Cold Harbor • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • The Armies

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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is on the north wall of the Cold Harbor National Cemetery. The Tomb is a five foot tall sarcophagus carved in marble.

Text from the front of the Tomb:

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Near this stone rest the remains of
889 Union Soldiers,
gathered from the Battle Fields of
Mechanicsville, Savage-Station, Gaines-Mills,
And the vicinity of
Cold-Harbor.

Text from the rear of the tomb:

Erected by Congress
Year of our Lord 1877, and in the 101st year of the
Independence of the United States of America.

 Erected 1877 by Congress.

Location of the Tomb

The tomb is along the back (northern) wall of the National Cemetery, in the center.