Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Wilkes County Confederate Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 3, 2021

1. Wilkes County Confederate Memorial

Inscription. In remembrance of the Wilkes County Soldiers of the Confederate States of America, who defended their southern homeland against northern aggression. May their bravery, loyalty, honor and Christian virtues continue to live in all Wilkes County Citizens.

Dedicated by the Brigadier General James B. Gordon,
Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #810.
May 9, 1998

R. G. Absher • William M. Atwood • Leonard L. Brooks Jr. (Adjutant) • Vernon Carlton • George Childers • Kenneth Childers (Color Sergeant) • Gary W. Coffey (Cmdr.) • Rickie E. Coffey (Historian) • Wayne M. Coffey (Chaplin) • Michael Cooper • Todd Craig (2nd Lt. Cmdr.) • John W. Elledge • Isaac G. Forester • William C. Gray Jr. • James S. Hartley • Gary L. Hendren • Reginald F. Hill Jr. • Andy J. Johnson • Edward J. Johnson • Andrew L. Kilby Sr. • John A. Kilby Sr. • John T. Kilby • Larry S. Kilby (Surgeon) • Joel D. Laster • Gregory P. Luck (Judge Advocate) • Albert McGee • Thomas P. McNeil (Treasurer) • William Phillips • Ralph D. Pittman • Johnny R. Sturgill • Edsel H. Thompson • Michael H. Thompson (1st Lt. Cmdr.) • Frederic A. Wilkie Jr. • Howard Colvard

Erected 1998 by Brigadier General James B. Gordon, Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #810.

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lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans series list.

Location. 36° 8.962′ N, 81° 9.133′ W. Memorial is in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in Wilkes County. It is on North Bridge Street just north of East North Street, on the left when traveling north. Memorial is located at the southeast corner of the old Wilkes County Jail. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 203 North Bridge Street, Wilkesboro NC 28697, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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: Old Wilkes County Jail (a few steps from this marker); The Old Wilkes Jail (within shouting distance of this marker); Early Food Preservation (within shouting distance of this marker); Robert Cleveland Log Home (within shouting distance of this marker); Captain Robert Cleveland Log Home (within shouting distance of this marker); Colonel Ben Cleveland (within shouting distance of this marker); Wilkes County Courthouse Annex (within shouting distance of this marker); The Tory Oak (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilkesboro.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 3, 2021

2. Wilkes County Confederate Memorial

(Memorial is located at the southeast corner of the old Wilkes County Jail.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 18, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 666 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 18, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.