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[[File:Finns Point National Cemetery - Union Monument.jpg|left|thumb|Union Monument]] | [[File:Finns Point National Cemetery - Union Monument.jpg|left|thumb|Union Monument]] | ||
* The Confederate Monument, an {{convert|85|ft|m|adj=on}} tall granite obelisk, erected in 1910 by the federal government in memory of the 2,436 Confederate prisoners of war who died at [[Fort Delaware]].<ref name=nps>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/New_Jersey/Finns_Point_National_Cemetery.html|publisher=National Park Service|title=Finn's Point National Cemetery – Salem, New Jersey|accessdate=27 February 2021}}</ref> | * The Confederate Monument, an {{convert|85|ft|m|adj=on}} tall granite obelisk, erected in 1910 by the federal government in memory of the 2,436 Confederate prisoners of war who died at [[Fort Delaware]].<ref name=nps>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/New_Jersey/Finns_Point_National_Cemetery.html|publisher=National Park Service|title=Finn's Point National Cemetery – Salem, New Jersey|accessdate=27 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
* The Union Monument, dedicated in 1879 to 135 | * The Union Monument, dedicated in 1879 to 135 Union soldiers who died while on duty at Fort Delaware.<ref name=nps/> | ||
* In the northwest corner, 13 white marble headstones mark the burial place of German prisoners of World War II who died while in custody at nearby [[Fort Dix]], New Jersey.<ref name=nps/> | * In the northwest corner, 13 white marble headstones mark the burial place of German prisoners of World War II who died while in custody at nearby [[Fort Dix]], New Jersey.<ref name=nps/> | ||