Southwest Quadrant in Alexandria, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Bethel Cemetery
Here rests 15 Alexandria area soldiers of the 17th Virginia Regiment, CSA
May 30, 2020
1. Bethel Cemetery Marker
Brown, Alexander H. Carter, Merriwether T. Darley, William Jones, George W. Lawler, John Joseph Lewis, William L. Pitts, Henry Segar Pitts, Robert Tyler Proctor, John J. Roland, Richard N. Sutherland, John W. Turner, Albert A. Vincent, William F. Watters, John W. Wheatley, William
Erected 2017 by The Society of the Order of the Southern Cross; Old Dominion Rifles Confederate Memorial Association.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil.
Location. 38° 48.021′ N, 77° 3.351′ W. Memorial is in Alexandria, Virginia. It is in the Southwest Quadrant. It is on Wilkes Street 0.1 miles east of Hamilton Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1430 Wilkes St, Alexandria VA 22314, 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: Courtesy of Bethel Cemetery, Est. 1885 (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Bethel Cemetery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Old Presbyterian Meeting House (about 400 feet away); Douglass Cemetery (about 500 feet
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2. Bethel Cemetery Marker
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