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

Confederate Dead

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 27, 2017

1. Confederate Dead Marker

Inscription. Erected
to the memory of our
Confederate Dead
by the
S. S. M. Association
of Shepherdstown
———
June 6, 1870

Erected 1870 by The Southern Soldiers Memorial Association of Shepherdstown.

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

Location. 39° 25.713′ N, 77° 48.746′ W. Memorial is in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in Jefferson County. It can be reached from the intersection of Kearneysville Pike (West Virginia Route 480) and Cherry Lane, on the right when traveling south. Located in Elmwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4849 Kearneysville Pike, Shepherdstown WV 25443, 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: Memorial To Confederate Soldiers (a few steps from this marker); Elmwood Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Welcome to the Confederate Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Welcome to The Methodist Grave Yard (a few steps from this marker); Welcome to Historic Elmwood Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate Soldiers in Elmwood Cemetery / Colonel Henry Kyd Douglas

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(within shouting distance of this marker); The Presbyterian Grave Yard (within shouting distance of this marker); Elmwood Cemetery Vault (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shepherdstown.

To the Unknown Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 27, 2017

2. To the Unknown Dead

To the unknown dead.
though nameless their deeds
are not forgotten
—

True Patriots image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 27, 2017

3. True Patriots

True patriots
a nations tears embalm
their memory
—

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 27, 2017

4. Confederate Dead Marker

The Confederate Cemetery<br>in Elmwood Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 27, 2017

5. The Confederate Cemetery
in Elmwood Cemetery

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 27, 2017

6. Cannon

Confederate Monument at Shephardstown<br>from a photograph taken in 1885 image. Click for full size.

Internet Archive

7. Confederate Monument at Shephardstown
from a photograph taken in 1885

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War,, Vol. 2, Robert Underwood Johnson & Clarence Clough Buel 1887.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 879 times since then and 33 times this year. Last updated on March 15, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 30, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 7. submitted on September 5, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.