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The Class of 1961 presented Reconciliation Plaza to the United States Military Academy at its fortieth reunion and one hundred forty years after the graduation of the Classes of May and June 1861, honoring reconciliation between North and South and dedicating the memorial to classmates who died in service to the nation. It recalls members of the USMA Classes of May 1861 and June 1861 who gave their lives during the Civil War while serving on both the Confederate and Union sides, including those killed at Shiloh, Antietam, Kelly’s Ford, Chancellorsville, Franklin’s Crossing, Gettysburg, Opequan Creek, Gaines Mill, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred, Piedmont, and Franklin. It also honors members of the USMA Class of 1961 who died in service in Vietnam, Thailand, and at Fort Rucker, Alabama, between 1964 and 1974.
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