Charles Town in Jefferson County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

The Confederate Dead

Confederate Dead Monument Dedication image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2017

1. Confederate Dead Monument Dedication

Inscription.

Erected
to the memory of the
Confederate Dead
April 26, 1871
by the
Lee Memorial Association
of Jefferson County
———————
There's grandeur in graves, there's glory in gloom
For out of the gloom, future brightness is born.
As, after the night Looms the sunrise of morn.
And the graves of the dead with the grass overgrown,
May yet form the footstool of Liberty's throne.
And in each simple wreck in the way-path of might
Shall yet be a rock in the temple of right.
[from Abram Joseph Ryan's A Land Without Ruins]
———————
It is sweet and honorable
to die for one's country
———————
In life united in the the discharge
of patriotic duty, in death
they ought not to be separated

Erected 1871 by the Lee Memorial Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 39° 17.394′ N, 77° 51.25′ W. Memorial is in Charles Town, West Virginia, in Jefferson County. It is at the intersection

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of Seminary Street and Congress Street, on the left when traveling south on Seminary Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: At the NW corner of Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town WV 25414, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in the Eastern Panhandle.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Edge Hill Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); In Memoriam (a few steps from this marker); Lock Graveyard Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Who Is Buried Here? (within shouting distance of this marker); African American Cemetery Monument (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); An African American Cemetery Reclaimed (about 300 feet away); A Cemetery Disturbed (about 300 feet away); Rutherford House (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charles Town.

Another marker is no longer nearby. "Coloured" Grave Yard (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Additional keywords. Confederate memorial

Confederate Dead Monument Poem Excerpt image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2017

2. Confederate Dead Monument Poem Excerpt

Confederate Dead Monument Epitaph image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2017

3. Confederate Dead Monument Epitaph

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2017

4. Confederate Dead Monument Epitaph

Confederate Dead Monument Stacked Muskets image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2017

5. Confederate Dead Monument Stacked Muskets

Confederate Dead Monument Crossed Sabers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2017

6. Confederate Dead Monument Crossed Sabers

The Confederate Dead Monument and Soldiers' Plot image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2017

7. The Confederate Dead Monument and Soldiers' Plot

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 731 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on May 16, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.