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NEW ORLEANS ILLUSTRATED.
Confederate Monument.
j|WIXG- to the extreme moisture of the ground in and arouud the city, all excavations beyond two or three feet in depth are soon filled with water. On this account it is not practicable to bury under the ground in most localities, and the dead are, therefore, generally enclosed in vaults or tombs. We do not think it necessary to give a list af all the cemeteries and their locations, but will refer strangers to those containing tombs which are of general interest.
Washington Cemetery,
Corner of Prytania street and Washington avenue, contains many beautiful souvenirs of the Confederate dead, and the monument erected by the people of Louisiana in memory of their beloved friend and Governor, Henry W. Allen.