Fairfax, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Confederate Memorial

Dedicated 1890

— Old Town Fairfax —

Confederate Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

March 18, 2023

1. Confederate Memorial Marker

Inscription. It was erected to the memory of "the gallant sons of Fairfax whose names are inscribed on this monument but whose bodies lie buried on distant battlefields and their 200 unknown comrades whose remains are at rest under this mound."

Erected by Old Town Fairfax.

Topics and series. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Virginia, Old Town Fairfax series list.

Location. 38° 50.869′ N, 77° 18.705′ W. Marker is in Fairfax, Virginia. It is on Main Street (Virginia Route 236) east of Judicial Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10580 Main St, Fairfax VA 22030, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial 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 the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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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: Arlington-Fairfax Electric Railway (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Confederate Dead (about 300 feet away); Mosby (about 700 feet away); Ratcliffe Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dr. William Gunnell House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Manassas Gap Railroad (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gen. Corcoran (approx. 0.2 miles away); Old Fairfax Jail (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fairfax.

Confederate Memorial image. Click for full size.

March 18, 2023

2. Confederate Memorial

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