These were POWs who died in the nearby Newport News POW camp between April 27 , 1865 and July 5 , 1865 .
The 163 Confederate soldiers were re-interred there in 1900 .
These were soldiers who died in the nearby Newport News POW camp between April 27 , 1865 and July 5 , 1865 .
The 163 Confederate soldiers were re-interred there in 1900 .