Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Haud Pluribus Impar

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 26, 2017

1. Haud Pluribus Impar Marker

“Haud Pluribus Impar” means something like “to no one equal”.

Inscription.
At Ball’s Bluff, near this town on the threshold of Virginia and the Confederacy, the invading army of the North was, on Oct. 21st 1861, utterly defeated and driven into the Potomac. This monument is erected to the memory of those who died in defense of the Lost Cause by their late comrades in arms and a grateful and admiring people. Oct 21st, 1877.

To the
Unknown Confederate Dead
who lie near this monument
noble Sons of Loudoun who
fell and were
left on the field of battle.
The gallant soldiers whose memory this monument is intended to perpetuate were attached chiefly to the following commands viz: 8th & 17th Va. Inf.
Loudoun Artillery
White’s 42nd, Batt. Va. Cav.
Mosby’s 43rd, Batt. Va Cav.
13th, 17th, 18th, & 21st. Miss. Inf.
No sound can awake them to glory again

Stoop angels, hither from the skies
There is no holier spot of ground
Than where defeated valor lies
By mourning beauty crowned

Erected 1877.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is October 21, 1861.

Location. 39° 7.307′ N, 77° 33.883′ W. Memorial is

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in Leesburg, Virginia, in Loudoun County. It can be reached from the intersection of North King Street (Business U.S. 15) and Oakcrest Manor Drive, on the left when traveling north. This marker is in Leesburg's Union Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 323 N King St, Leesburg VA 20176, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Northern Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Charles Fenton Mercer (approx. 0.2 miles away); Toby Atwell Field (approx. 0.2 miles away); Leesburg Potter's Field (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fighting for Freedom (approx. ¼ mile away); Glenfiddich House (approx. ¼ mile away); Lee Comes to Leesburg (approx. 0.3 miles away); Capt. Wright Brickell (approx. 0.3 miles away); Mrs. Sarah Armat (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Leesburg.

Regarding Haud Pluribus Impar. Latin phrase translated as "To no one equal."

Additional commentary.
1. “White’s 42nd, Batt. Va. Cav.”
“Who ‘White’ is with the ‘42nd Va. Cav.’ is not clear. Col. Elijah V. White commanded the 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry, not the ‘42nd Batt. Va. Cav. (Washington).’ William T. Robins was Lieutenant Colonel of the 42nd Virginia Cavalry. Major, later Lt. Col. Robert White was commander of the 41st Virginia Cavalry.” — Timothy

To the Unknown Confederate Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 26, 2017

2. To the Unknown Confederate Dead

S. Sedore, An Illustrated Guide to Virginia's Confederate Monuments, 2011.

— Submitted November 27, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.

The Gallant Soldiers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 26, 2017

3. The Gallant Soldiers

<center>Stoop angels, hither from the skies<br>There is no holier spot of ground image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 26, 2017

4. Stoop angels, hither from the skies
There is no holier spot of ground

Than where defeated valor lies
By mourning beauty crowned
This is the final verse of Henry Timrod's poem Ode. Sung On The Occasion Of Decorating The Graves Of The Confederate Dead, At Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S. C., 1867.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 26, 2017

5. Haud Pluribus Impar Marker

CSA - Deo Vindice image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 26, 2017

6. CSA - Deo Vindice

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