Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Honoring Yancey County’s Confederate Dead

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 20, 2014

1. Honoring Yancey County’s Confederate Dead Marker-Front panel

Inscription.
(front panel)
80 names listed

(rear)
Lest we forget, these men died for their freedom and independence. "Deo Vindice."
78 names listed

Erected 2009 by Colonel John B Palmer Camp 1946, Sons of Conferate Veterans, and Martha Reid Silver Confederate Memorial Association.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans series list.

Location. 35° 55.02′ N, 82° 17.934′ W. Memorial is in Burnsville, North Carolina, in Yancey County. It is at the intersection of East Main Street and Town Square, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. The marker is on the lawn of the Yancey County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 110 Town Square, Burnsville NC 28714, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s and he Mountains in the High Country. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in

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Southern 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 original Cherokee Nation,

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 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Yancey County War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Yancey County Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); The Charters of Freedom (a few steps from this marker); Nu Wray Inn (within shouting distance of this marker); John "Yellowjacket John" Bailey (within shouting distance of this marker); Otway Burns Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Yancey Collegiate Institute (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Citizens Bank Building (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Burnsville.

Additional keywords. Neo-Confederate propaganda; white supremacist propaganda; Lost Cause propaganda

Honoring Yancey County’s Confederate Dead Marker-Back panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 20, 2014

2. Honoring Yancey County’s Confederate Dead Marker-Back panel

Sign on Yancey County Courthouse lawm image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 20, 2014

3. Sign on Yancey County Courthouse lawm

Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 577 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 23, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.