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Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs spearheaded the North’s wartime quartermaster effort, established Arlington National Cemetery and helped design a water system still used by Washington, D.C. (Dana B. Shoaf Collection)
Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs spearheaded the North’s wartime quartermaster effort, established Arlington National Cemetery and helped design a water system still used by Washington, D.C. (Dana B. Shoaf Collection)