Students will be able to understand: 1) how are American veterans memorialized and why? 2) how to use headstones to determine what states the soldiers came from, especially notice a few Unknown Civil War soldiers and see what states they lived in 3) how to determine Civil War known and unknown soldier deaths, determine the total number of Civil War deaths, and determine the percentages from each American war (for field trips only) 4) how Confederates deaths were recognized
Recommended level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
1. Honoring American Veterans: Fort Donelson National Cemetery