Abingdon in Washington County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Sinking Springs Cemetery Confederate Memorial

Photographed By Tracy Marsteller, October 23, 2022

1. Sinking Springs Cemetery Confederate Memorial

Inscription. Wm. Fletcher Addison • Brig. Gen. J. B. Floyd • Capt. W. T. Baldwin • Capt. John W. Barr • Col. Wm. W. Blackford • W. A. Buckley • Sgt. John W. Butt • Dr. E.M. Campbell • Maj. J.C. Campbell • Col. D. A. F. Campbell • J. E. Clark • Lewis Thompson Cosby • Col. A. F. Cook • James Field • Col. W. Patton Fortune • Benjamin F. Frye M.D. • Col. S. V. Fulkerson • Capt. Henly Fugate • William Hagy • Edward Hesse • Jacob T. Helmes • Corp. S. L. Hillard • R. H. Hines • Col. Warren Hopkins • Samuel Honaker • Wm. K. Hughes • Absalon Ireson • Maj. David A. Jones • Sgt. Charles F. Keller • Capt. A. McCall King • D. K. Lewark • Capt. C. T. Litchfield • George V. Litchfield • James William McBroom • Capt. Wm. M. Miller • Capt. B. P. Morrison • Cpl. Charles Park • Capt. John Preston • Walter S. Preston • Capt. Frank Robinson • W. H. Ropp • J. C. Rush • Wiley J. Stephenson • Connally Findlay Trigg • John Greenway White • William White M.D. • Phillip H. Woolwine

Erected in honor of soldiers
who fought in the
War of 1861-1865,
whose graves are in the
Sinking Springs Cemetery.

Erected by Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 36° 42.597′

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N, 81° 58.953′ W. Marker is in Abingdon, Virginia, in Washington County. Memorial can be reached from Russell Road Northwest (Alternate U.S. 58) north of Plumb Alley, on the left when traveling north. Marker is approximately 100 yards north of the cemetery entrance along the Russell Road side. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Abingdon VA 24210, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Confederate General John Hunt Morgan (within shouting distance of this marker); Sinking Spring Cemetery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Washington County, Virginia Revolutionary War Memorial (about 300 feet away); The Cummings Cabin (about 400 feet away); Celebrate! A Social History of Abingdon (about 700 feet away); Hubert J. Treacy, Jr. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Boyhood Home of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston (approx. ¼ mile away); Abingdon in the Civil War (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Abingdon.

Photographed By Tracy Marsteller, October 23, 2022

2. Sinking Springs Cemetery Confederate Memorial

Photographed By Tom Bosse, September 4, 2022

3. Sinking Springs Cemetery Confederate Memorial

Photographed By Tom Bosse, September 4, 2022

4. Sinking Springs Cemetery Confederate Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2022. This page has been viewed 156 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 11, 2022. 3, 4. submitted on November 23, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.