Erwin in Unicoi County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
To the Women of the Confederacy
1861 - 65
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009
1. To the Women of the Confederacy
To those who died for a sacred cause, and to those who lived to win a nobler victory in time of peace.
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Whose fidelity, whose purity, whose courage, whose gentle genius in love and in counsel. Kept the home secure, the family a school of virtue. The State a Court of Honor, who made of war a season of heroism and of peace a time of healing the Guardians of our Tranquility and of our Strength.
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Erected by Rosalie Brown Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy
Erected 1930 by Rosalie Brown Chapter United Daughters of the Confedercay.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • Women. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
Location. 36° 8.33′ N, 82° 24.789′ W. Memorial is in Erwin, Tennessee, in Unicoi County. It is at the intersection of Unaka Way Street and Ohio Avenue on Unaka Way Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Erwin TN 37650, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee and in the Tri-Cities Area. 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 original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, the State of Franklin, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Unicoi County / The Town of Erwin (approx. half a mile away); Blue Ridge Pottery (approx. half a mile away); Greasy Cove Racetrack
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Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009
2. Side Inscription
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009
3. To the Women of the Confederacy Memorial
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, October 18, 2023
4. To the Women of the Confederacy Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,933 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 9, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 4. submitted on October 22, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
