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Rose Hill Confederate Memorial

 
 
Rose Hill Confederate Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, April 24, 2022
1. Rose Hill Confederate Memorial
Inscription.
Our fallen heroes
1861-1865

 
Erected 1882 by Women’s Confederate Memorial Association.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 35° 36.177′ N, 87° 1.798′ W. Memorial is in Columbia, Tennessee, in Maury County. It can be reached from the intersection of Cemetery Street and Whatley Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 219 Cemetery St, Columbia TN 38401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee and in Greater Nashville. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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 Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Confederate Monument (a few steps from this marker); Edward Ward Carmack (a few steps from this marker); Lt. James C. Wooten, II (within shouting distance of this marker); Major Nathaniel F. Cheairs (within shouting distance of this marker); Edward Franklin “Pop” Geers (within shouting distance of this marker); Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Side by Side (about 500 feet away); Lt. Joseph A. Irvine (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.
 
Regarding Rose Hill Confederate Memorial. The monument, in the cemetery's Confederate section, features a soldier standing at funeral parade rest
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atop a pedestal featuring inverted cannon barrels. It was commissioned by the Ladies Memorial Association (a predecessor to the United Daughters of the Confederacy) and designed by George W. Kendall of the Muldoon Monument Co. It was delivered to Columbia by rail and dedicated on May 7, 1882.
 
Rose Hill Confederate Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, April 24, 2022
2. Rose Hill Confederate Memorial
It is located in the cemetery's Confederate memorial plot, the final resting place of 102 soldiers.
 
 
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