Middleburg in Loudoun County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
To The Unknown Dead.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 21, 2016
1. To The Unknown Dead. Monument
Erected 1905 by United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.
Location. 38° 58.162′ N, 77° 43.833′ W. Marker is in Middleburg, Virginia, in Loudoun County. It can be reached from East Federal Street east of Liberty Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is located at the center of the Confederate Circle within Sharon Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 209 East Federal Street, Middleburg VA 20117, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker 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 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Middleburg Baptist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); The Red Fox Inn (approx. Ό mile away); Sergeant Henry Milton Seaton (approx. Ό mile away); Middleburg (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lt. Col. Leven Powell (approx. 0.3 miles away); Battle of Middleburg (approx. half a mile away); Bridled Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Phase Two of the Battle: Fighting Along the Turnpike (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Middleburg.
More about this marker. This monument is thought to be the nations first erected
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 21, 2016
2. To The Unknown Dead. Monument
The monument is encircled by 80 gravestones of unknown soldiers.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 21, 2016
3. Entrance To Sharon Cemetery (1849)
Middleburg Baptist Church (1844) can be seen in the right rear.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 534 times since then and 71 times this year. Last updated on April 25, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 24, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
