New Market in Shenandoah County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Virginia Monument
1861 Virginia 1865
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 31, 2024
1. Virginia Monument
Warriors:
Your valour; your devotion to duty; your fortitude under privations; teach us how to suffer and grow strong.
"Lest we forget."
(East Side):
Confederate soldiers
Defenders of the rights of the states.
(South Side):
Erected to the memory of the sons of Virginia who served on these fields at New Market on May 13-15, 1864
Infantry
Brig. Gen. John Echol's Brigade
22nd VA Inf. Reg.
23rd VA Inf. Bat.
26th VA Inf. Bat.
Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton's Brigade
30th VA Inf. Bat.
51st. VA Inf. Reg.
Unattached Commands
Augusta Reserves
Rockingham Reserves
VMI Cadet Battalion
3rd Confederate Engineers Co. E
Cavalry
Brig. Gen. John D. Imboden
18th VA Cav.
23rd VA Cav.
3rd Bat. VA Mounted Reserves, Co. A
62nd VA Mounted Inf. Reg.
Artillery
Maj. William McLaughlin
Chapman's VA Battery
Jackson's VA Battery
McClanahan's VA Battery
VMI Cadet Artillery Section
Total Virginians Present - 5,125
Killed - 39
Wounded - 495
Missing - 13
Erected
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Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is May 13, 1864.
Location. 38° 39.457′ N, 78° 40.316′ W. Monument is in New Market, Virginia, in Shenandoah County. It is on George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.7 miles north of West Old Cross Road ( Route 211), on the left when traveling north. Marker is located on the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation New Market Battlefield hiking trail. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 9500 George Collins Parkway, New Market VA 22844, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. 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 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: A different marker also named Virginia Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Union Artillery and the VMI Cadets (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Imboden's Spring (about 600 feet away); Remembering the Fallen (about 600 feet away); The Attack on Rice's Hill (about 700 feet away); The Union Line Collapses (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Assault on Bushong's Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Slavery on the Rice Farm (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Market.
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. This monument as it appeared when located in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 31, 2024
2. Virginia Monument
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 31, 2024
3. Virginia Monument
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 31, 2024
4. Virginia Monument
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 31, 2024
5. Virginia Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 4, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 325 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 4, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
