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.

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Location. 36° 42.597′ N, 81° 58.953′ W. Memorial is in Abingdon, Virginia, in Washington County. It 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. Memorial is in this post office area: Abingdon VA 24210, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Tri-Cities Area,

in Southwest Virginia,

and in the Blue Ridge Highlands.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern 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,

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

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, October 23, 2022

2. Sinking Springs Cemetery Confederate Memorial

walking distance of this marker: Confederate General John Hunt Morgan (within shouting distance of this marker); Henry Creswell (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); Lois H. Humphreys Park on Main Street (about 700 feet away); Celebrate! A Social History of Abingdon (about 700 feet away); Hubert J. Treacy, Jr. (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Abingdon.

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 692 times since then and 46 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.