Wythe in Newport News, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Confederate Dead

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008

1. Confederate Dead Marker

Inscription.
Forward Monument:
Confederate Prisoners of War who died in Federal Prison in Newport News Va between April and July 1865 are interred here.

This memorial was donated by
Mildred Rhodes Duncan
Thomas Purnell Duncan, Jr.

Front of Monument:
Confederate Dead

Side of Monument:
Remains of 154
Confederate Soldiers
Died at
Newport News, VA.
1861
1865

Side of Monument:
To our soldier dead
erected by Lee Camp No. 3
Confederate Veterans.
of Hampton VA.
A tribute from the hearts
of surviving comrades.

Erected 1900 by Lee Camp No. 3, Confederate Veterans of Hampton VA.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans series list. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1865.

Location. 36° 59.686′ N, 76° 24.274′ W. Marker is in Newport News, Virginia. It is in Wythe. It is on Parish Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Monument is located in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2700 Parish Avenue, Newport News VA 23607, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula,

in Hampton Roads,

in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8

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other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Newport News POW Camp (a few steps from this marker); Pleasant Shade Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Greenlawn Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Newsome House (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named The Newsome House (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Winfield-Jones House (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Brown Center (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newport News.

Forward Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008

2. Forward Monument

Front of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008

3. Front of Monument

Side of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008

4. Side of Monument

Other Side of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008

5. Other Side of Monument

Confederate Monument in Greenlawn Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008

6. Confederate Monument in Greenlawn Memorial Park

This monument honors Confederate prisoners who died in a nearby Union POW camp at Camp Butler, April through August 1865.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 2,446 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 18, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.