Near Denton in Davidson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Our Confederate Dead• • • • •

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2010

1. Our Confederate Dead Monument

Inscription. Erected by
The Robert E. Lee Chapter
Daughters of the Confederacy
No. 324
Sept. 14, 1905.

[ Back of Monument: ]
Sleep sweetly in your humble graves.
Sleep martyrs of a fallen cause.
For lo, a marble column craves
the pilgrim here to pause.
1861 – 65.

Erected 1905 by Daughters of the Confederacy - Robert E. Lee Chapter #324.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.

Location. 35° 36.772′ N, 80° 10.335′ W. Memorial is near Denton, North Carolina, in Davidson County. It is at the intersection of North Carolina 8, on the left when traveling south on North Carolina 8. The monument consists of a granite base, topped by a statue of a Confederate Soldier. The monument was relocated by the Robert E Lee Chapter, UDC to private property. It was rededicated September 18, 2021. It remains in Davidson County, NC. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Denton NC 27239, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North

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Carolina’s Piedmont

and specifically in Piedmont Triad.

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 original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1951 Cupola Caboose (approx. 3½ miles away); Mill Stones from Old Metters Mill (approx. 3.6 miles away); Judge Hiram H. Ward (approx. 3.6 miles away); Trading Path (approx. 9.2 miles away); Beck's United Church of Christ Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.4 miles away); Beck's Reformed Church Cemetery (approx. 10½ miles away); Beck's Reformed Church (approx. 10½ miles away); Captain Peter Hedrick (approx. 10½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Denton.

Also see . . . Lexington Confederate monument removed overnight into Friday. (Submitted on November 26, 2021.)

Back of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2010

2. Back of Monument

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2010

3. Our Confederate Dead Monument

Monument in Lexington image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2010

4. Monument in Lexington

The Confederate Monument originally stood at the center of Lexington Square. After being hit by cars on multiple occasions, it was moved to its present location in the southeast corner of the square.

Closeup of Confederate Soldier image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2010

5. Closeup of Confederate Soldier

Photographed by Toni Lynn London

6. Our Confederate Dead Monument

Monument in its new location, Denton, NC

Credits. This page was last revised on November 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,857 times since then and 47 times this year. Last updated on August 16, 2023, by Toni Lynn London of Lexington, NC, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 14, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 6. submitted on August 16, 2023, by Toni Lynn London of Lexington, NC, North Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.