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

Virginia Mourning Her Dead

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 20, 2012

1. Virginia Mourning Her Dead Monument

Inscription.

Virginia Mourning Her Dead. . Company A Henry A. Wise, Jr., Captain Commanding. C. H. Minge, Cadet Captain. W. C. Hardy, Lieutenant . W. Morson, Lieutenant . E. M. Ross, Sergeant . W. B. Shaw, Sergeant . W. T. Duncan, Sergeant . J. Douglass, Sergeant . H. Wood, Sergeant . L. Royster, Corporal . G. K. Macon, Corporal . R. L. Brockenbrough, Corporal . S. F. Atwill, Corporal., Privates Adams, R. A. . Allen, D. . Anderson, C. J. . Ashley, C. G. . Bagnall, J. S. . Binford, R. J. . Bowen, H. C. . Buster, W. D. . Butler, W. H. . Carmichael, J. . Cocke, P. St. G. . Corling, C. T. . Cousins, R. H. . Davis, A. . Garrett, H. W. . Goodykoontz, A. E. . Harrison, C. H. . Hayes, W. C. . Hiden, P. B. . Hill, J. N. . Howard, J. C. . Hubard, W. J. . James, F. W. . Larrick, J. S. . Lewis, W. L. . McVeigh, N. . Mallory, E. S. . Mead, H. J. . Mohler, D. G. . Morgan, P. H. . Page, F. W. . Payne, A. S. . Pendleton, R. A. . Raum, G. E. . Seaborn, G. A. . Skaggs, S. B. . Smith, E. H. . Smith, Jr., F. L. . Spiller, G. . Spiller, W. H. . Temple, P. C. . Thomson, A. P. . Watson, W. P. . White, T. W. . White, W. H. .Wimblish, L. W. . Wingfield, S. G. . WoodCompany B Frank Preston, Captain Commanding. Carlton Shafer, Cadet Captain. G. W. Gretter, Lieutenant . Levi Welch, Lieutenant . A. Pizzini, Sergeant . O. P. Evans, Sergeant . H. W. Garrow, Sergeant . W. M. Patton, Sergeant . T. G. Hayes, Corporal . J. B. Jarratt, Corporal . Patrick Henry, Corporal B. W. Barton Corporal, Privates Bayard, N. J. . Bennett, W. G. . Bowen, W. B. . Bransford, J. F. . Cabell, R. G. . Carmichael, W. S. . Christian, E. D. . Clarkson, J. H. . Cocke, J. L. . Cocke, W. R. C. . Crank, T. J. . Cullen, S. . Darden, J. D. . Dillard, J. L. . Faulkner, C. J. . Garrett, V. F. . Gibson, F. G. . Grasty, W. C. . Hankins, M. O. . Happer, R. W. B. . Harris, W. O. . Hartsfield, A. C. . Hawks, A. W. . Haynes, L. C. . Hundley, C. B. . Hupp, R. C. . Jefferson, T. G. . Johnson, P. . Jones, T. W. . Kemp. W. . Lee, G. T. . Leftwich, A. H. . Lewis, N. C. . McCorkle, J. W. . McDowell, W. H. . Mason, S. B. . Patton, J. R. . Penn, J. G. . Perry, W. E. S. . Phillips, S. T. . Powell, J. J. A. . Preston, J. B. . Preston, T. W. . Redwood, W. F. . Richeson, J. D. . Roane, J. . Stacker, C. . Stanard, J. B. . Tabb, J. . Tackett, J. F. . Tardy, A. H. . Taylor, J. E. . Tunstall, R. B. . Turner, E. L. . Veitch, W. . Walker, C. P. . Washington, L. . Wesson, C. M. . Wharton, J. E. . White, J. S. . Whitehead, H. C. . Wilson, R. G. . Woodlief, P. W., Company C A. Govan Hill, Captain Commander S. S. Shriver, Cadet Captain T. D. Davis, Lieutenant . A. Boggess, Lieutenant . J. A. Stuart, Sergeant . L. C. Wise, Sergeant . A. F. Redd, Sergeant . W. B. Martin, Sergeant . H. H. Dinwiddie, Corporal . J. E. Wood, Corporal . J. G. James, Corporal . R. Ridley, Corporal, Privates Adams, S. B. . Blankman, J. S. . Blundon, R. M. . Booth, S. W. . Buffington, E. S. . Chalmers, W. M. . Crawford, W. B. . Crichton, J. A. . Davis, A. J. . Davis, L. S. . Dunn, J. R. . Early, J. C. . Ezekiel, M. J. . Fry, H. W. . Fulton, C. M. . Goode, H. L. . Goodwin, J. H. . Harrison, W. L. . Jones, W. S. . Lamb, W. . Langhorne, M. D. . Lee, R. F. . McGavock, J. W. . Martin, T. S. . Maury, R. . Merritt, J. L. . Minor, J. H. . Mitchell, S. T. . Morson, A. A. . Morson, J. B. . Noland, N. B. . Overton, A. W. . Page, P. N. . Pendleton, W. . Price, F. B. . Randolph, C. C. . Read, C. H. . Ricketts, L. C. . Roller, P. W. . Rose, G. M. . Rutherford, T. N. . Shields, J. H. . Shriver, T. H. . Slaughter, W. L. . Smith, G. H. . Smith, W. T. . Tate, C. B. . Taylor, B. D. . Taylor, C. . Taylor, W. C. . Thomson, M. . Tomes, F. J. . Toms, A. C. . Tuner, C. W. . Upshur, J. N. . Walker, C. D. . Waller, P. E. . Walton, N. T. . Wheelwright, J. C. . Wilson, D. C. E., Company D T. Robinson, Captain Commanding B. A. Colonna, Cadet Captain J. F. Hanna, Lieutenant . F. W. Claybrook, Lieutenant . W. H. Cabell, Sergeant . W. Nelson, Sergeant . J. R. Echols, Sergeant . C. M. Etheredge, Sergeant . O. A. Glazebrook, Corporal . Alfred Marshall, Corporal . John S. Wise, Corporal . J. R. Triplett, Corporal, Privates Akers, R. C. . Alexander, W. K. . Arbuckle, A. A. . Barney, W. H. . Baylor, J. B. . Beatie, W. F. . Berkeley, E. . Brown, J. A. . Clark, G. B. . Clendinen, T. R. . Cocke, J. Preston . Coleman, J. J. . Corbin, J. P. . Crenshaw, S. D. . Crews, B. S. . Crockett, C. G. . Crockett, H. S. . Dickinson, J. J. . Dillard, W. . Eubank, W. M. . Garnett, G. T. . Gray, J. B. . Hamlin, E. L. . Hannah, J. S. . Harvie, J. B. . Harvie, J. S. . Horsley, J. . Imboden, J. . Jones, H. J. . Kennedy, W. H. . King, D. P. . Kirk, W. M. . Knight, E. C. . Lee, F. T. . Letcher, S. H. . Locke, R. N. . Lowry, T. S. . Lumsden, W. J. . McClung, T. W. . Marks, C. H. . Marshall, M. . Moorman, E. S. . Nalle, G. B. W. . Phelps, T. K. . Peirce, D. S. . Radford, W. N. . Reid, J. J. . Reveley, G. F. . Sowers, J. F. . Stuart, A. H. H. . Tunstall, J. L. . Tutwiler, E. M. . Venable, W. L. . Ward, G. W. . Webb, J. S. . Wellford, C. E. . White, R. J. . Witt, J. E. . Wood, M. B. . Johnson, F. S., Roll of Honor Killed W. H. Cabel, Sergeant, Va. . S. F. Atwill, Corporal, Va. . W. H. McDowell, N. C. . J. B. Stanard, Va. . T. G. Jefferson, Va. . A. G. Hartsfield, N. C. . H. J. Jones, Va. . C. G. Crockett, Va. . J. C. Wheelwright, Va. . L. C. Hayes, Va., Wounded Scott Shipp, Lt.-Col., Va. . A. G. Hill, Captain, Va. . S. S. Shriver, Captain, Va. . A. Pizzini, Sergeant, Va. . H. W. Garrow, Sergeant, Ala. . J. A. Stuart, Sergeant, Va. . L. C. Wise, Sergeant, Va. . G. K. Macon, Corporal, Va. . J. S. Wise, Corporal, Va. . J. R. Triplett, Corporal, Va. . D. S. Pierce, Va. . H. C. Whitehead, Va. . G. Spiller, Va. . H. J. Mead, Va. . W. D. Buster, Va. . J. Preston Cocke, Va. . J. F. Bransford, Va. . F. L. Smith, Jr. . G. T. Garnett, Va. . M. Marshall, Miss. . W. Dillard, Va. . C. T. Corling, Va. . L. C. Haynes, Va. . A. C. Hartsfiels, N.C. . W. S. Jones, . Va. . E. D. Christian, Va. . S. T. Phillips, Va. . E. H. Smith, Va. . C. H. Smith, Va. . W. P. Watson, Va. . P. Johnson, Va. . J. N. Upshur, Va. . T. W. White, Va. . P. W. Woodlief, La. . C. H. Read, Jr. Va. . E. Berkeley, Va. . R. A. Pendleton, Va. . G. G. Randolph, Va. . F. Gibson, Va. . J. D. Darden, Va. . E. S. Moorman, Va. . J. L. Merritt, Va. . C. H. Harrison, Va. . J. J. Dickinson, Va. . C. D. Walker, Va. . J. Imboden, Va. . W. O. Harris, Va. . J. G. Howard, Va. . J. H. Goodwin, Va. New Market, Virginia, May 15, 1864. Field and Staff. Lieut-Colonel Scott Shipp, Commandant . Col. R. L. Madison, Surgeon . Capt. George Ross, Asst. Surgeon Capt. J. C. Whitwell, Commissary and Q.M. . Capt. J. C. Whitwell, Commissary and Q.M. . Cadet Lieut. Cary Weston, Adjutant . Cadet Lieut. J. W. Wyatt, Q.M. Non-Commissioned Staff. Cadet Sergeant J. E. Woodbridge, Seargeant-Major . Cadet Sergeant O. P. Evans, Color Bearer . Cadet Sergeant G. A. Davenport, Q.M. Sergeant, Musicians J. W. Crocken, Fifer . Richard Staples, Kettle-drum . Jacob Marks, Bass-drum.

Company A
Henry A. Wise, Jr., Captain Commanding.
C. H. Minge, Cadet Captain.
W. C. Hardy, Lieutenant • W. Morson, Lieutenant • E. M. Ross, Sergeant • W. B. Shaw, Sergeant • W. T. Duncan, Sergeant • J. Douglass, Sergeant • H. Wood, Sergeant • L. Royster, Corporal • G. K. Macon, Corporal • R. L. Brockenbrough, Corporal • S. F. Atwill, Corporal.

Privates
Adams, R. A. • Allen, D. • Anderson, C. J. • Ashley, C. G. • Bagnall, J. S. • Binford, R. J. • Bowen, H. C. • Buster, W. D. • Butler, W. H. • Carmichael, J. • Cocke, P. St. G. • Corling, C. T. • Cousins, R. H. • Davis, A. • Garrett, H. W. • Goodykoontz, A. E. • Harrison, C. H. • Hayes, W. C. • Hiden, P. B. • Hill, J. N. • Howard, J. C. • Hubard, W. J. • James, F. W. • Larrick, J. S. • Lewis, W. L. • McVeigh, N. • Mallory, E. S. • Mead, H. J. • Mohler, D. G. • Morgan, P. H. • Page, F. W. • Payne, A. S. • Pendleton, R. A. • Raum, G. E. • Seaborn, G. A. • Skaggs, S. B. • Smith, E. H. • Smith, Jr., F. L. • Spiller, G. • Spiller, W. H. • Temple, P. C. • Thomson, A. P. • Watson, W. P. • White, T. W. • White, W. H. •Wimblish, L. W. • Wingfield, S. G. • Wood
Company B
Frank Preston, Captain Commanding.
Carlton Shafer, Cadet

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G. W. Gretter, Lieutenant • Levi Welch, Lieutenant • A. Pizzini, Sergeant • O. P. Evans, Sergeant • H. W. Garrow, Sergeant • W. M. Patton, Sergeant • T. G. Hayes, Corporal • J. B. Jarratt, Corporal • Patrick Henry, Corporal B. W. Barton Corporal

Privates
Bayard, N. J. • Bennett, W. G. • Bowen, W. B. • Bransford, J. F. • Cabell, R. G. • Carmichael, W. S. • Christian, E. D. • Clarkson, J. H. • Cocke, J. L. • Cocke, W. R. C. • Crank, T. J. • Cullen, S. • Darden, J. D. • Dillard, J. L. • Faulkner, C. J. • Garrett, V. F. • Gibson, F. G. • Grasty, W. C. • Hankins, M. O. • Happer, R. W. B. • Harris, W. O. • Hartsfield, A. C. • Hawks, A. W. • Haynes, L. C. • Hundley, C. B. • Hupp, R. C. • Jefferson, T. G. • Johnson, P. • Jones, T. W. • Kemp. W. • Lee, G. T. • Leftwich, A. H. • Lewis, N. C. • McCorkle, J. W. • McDowell, W. H. • Mason, S. B. • Patton, J. R. • Penn, J. G. • Perry, W. E. S. • Phillips, S. T. • Powell, J. J. A. • Preston, J. B. • Preston, T. W. • Redwood, W. F. • Richeson, J. D. • Roane, J. • Stacker, C. • Stanard, J. B. • Tabb, J. • Tackett, J. F. • Tardy, A. H. • Taylor, J. E. • Tunstall, R. B. • Turner, E. L. • Veitch, W. • Walker, C. P. • Washington, L. • Wesson, C. M. • Wharton, J. E. • White, J. S. • Whitehead, H. C. • Wilson, R. G. • Woodlief, P. W.

Company C
A. Govan Hill, Captain Commander
S.

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2. Company A Marker

S. Shriver, Cadet Captain
T. D. Davis, Lieutenant • A. Boggess, Lieutenant • J. A. Stuart, Sergeant • L. C. Wise, Sergeant • A. F. Redd, Sergeant • W. B. Martin, Sergeant • H. H. Dinwiddie, Corporal • J. E. Wood, Corporal • J. G. James, Corporal • R. Ridley, Corporal

Privates
Adams, S. B. • Blankman, J. S. • Blundon, R. M. • Booth, S. W. • Buffington, E. S. • Chalmers, W. M. • Crawford, W. B. • Crichton, J. A. • Davis, A. J. • Davis, L. S. • Dunn, J. R. • Early, J. C. • Ezekiel, M. J. • Fry, H. W. • Fulton, C. M. • Goode, H. L. • Goodwin, J. H. • Harrison, W. L. • Jones, W. S. • Lamb, W. • Langhorne, M. D. • Lee, R. F. • McGavock, J. W. • Martin, T. S. • Maury, R. • Merritt, J. L. • Minor, J. H. • Mitchell, S. T. • Morson, A. A. • Morson, J. B. • Noland, N. B. • Overton, A. W. • Page, P. N. • Pendleton, W. • Price, F. B. • Randolph, C. C. • Read, C. H. • Ricketts, L. C. • Roller, P. W. • Rose, G. M. • Rutherford, T. N. • Shields, J. H. • Shriver, T. H. • Slaughter, W. L. • Smith, G. H. • Smith, W. T. • Tate, C. B. • Taylor, B. D. • Taylor, C. • Taylor, W. C. • Thomson, M. • Tomes, F. J. • Toms, A. C. • Tuner, C. W. • Upshur, J. N. • Walker, C. D. • Waller, P. E. • Walton, N. T. • Wheelwright, J. C. • Wilson, D. C. E.

Company D
T. Robinson, Captain Commanding
B. A. Colonna, Cadet Captain
J. F. Hanna,

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3. Company B Marker

Lieutenant • F. W. Claybrook, Lieutenant • W. H. Cabell, Sergeant • W. Nelson, Sergeant • J. R. Echols, Sergeant • C. M. Etheredge, Sergeant • O. A. Glazebrook, Corporal • Alfred Marshall, Corporal • John S. Wise, Corporal • J. R. Triplett, Corporal

Privates
Akers, R. C. • Alexander, W. K. • Arbuckle, A. A. • Barney, W. H. • Baylor, J. B. • Beatie, W. F. • Berkeley, E. • Brown, J. A. • Clark, G. B. • Clendinen, T. R. • Cocke, J. Preston • Coleman, J. J. • Corbin, J. P. • Crenshaw, S. D. • Crews, B. S. • Crockett, C. G. • Crockett, H. S. • Dickinson, J. J. • Dillard, W. • Eubank, W. M. • Garnett, G. T. • Gray, J. B. • Hamlin, E. L. • Hannah, J. S. • Harvie, J. B. • Harvie, J. S. • Horsley, J. • Imboden, J. • Jones, H. J. • Kennedy, W. H. • King, D. P. • Kirk, W. M. • Knight, E. C. • Lee, F. T. • Letcher, S. H. • Locke, R. N. • Lowry, T. S. • Lumsden, W. J. • McClung, T. W. • Marks, C. H. • Marshall, M. • Moorman, E. S. • Nalle, G. B. W. • Phelps, T. K. • Peirce, D. S. • Radford, W. N. • Reid, J. J. • Reveley, G. F. • Sowers, J. F. • Stuart, A. H. H. • Tunstall, J. L. • Tutwiler, E. M. • Venable, W. L. • Ward, G. W. • Webb, J. S. • Wellford, C. E. • White, R. J. • Witt, J. E. • Wood, M. B. • Johnson, F. S.

Roll of Honor
Killed
W. H. Cabel, Sergeant, Va. • S. F. Atwill, Corporal, Va. • W. H. McDowell,

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4. Company C Marker

N. C. • J. B. Stanard, Va. • T. G. Jefferson, Va. • A. G. Hartsfield, N. C. • H. J. Jones, Va. • C. G. Crockett, Va. • J. C. Wheelwright, Va. • L. C. Hayes, Va.

Wounded
Scott Shipp, Lt.-Col., Va. • A. G. Hill, Captain, Va. • S. S. Shriver, Captain, Va. • A. Pizzini, Sergeant, Va. • H. W. Garrow, Sergeant, Ala. • J. A. Stuart, Sergeant, Va. • L. C. Wise, Sergeant, Va. • G. K. Macon, Corporal, Va. • J. S. Wise, Corporal, Va. • J. R. Triplett, Corporal, Va. • D. S. Pierce, Va. • H. C. Whitehead, Va. • G. Spiller, Va. • H. J. Mead, Va. • W. D. Buster, Va. • J. Preston Cocke, Va. • J. F. Bransford, Va. • F. L. Smith, Jr. • G. T. Garnett, Va. • M. Marshall, Miss. • W. Dillard, Va. • C. T. Corling, Va. • L. C. Haynes, Va. • A. C. Hartsfiels, N.C. • W. S. Jones, • Va. • E. D. Christian, Va. • S. T. Phillips, Va. • E. H. Smith, Va. • C. H. Smith, Va. • W. P. Watson, Va. • P. Johnson, Va. • J. N. Upshur, Va. • T. W. White, Va. • P. W. Woodlief, La. • C. H. Read, Jr. Va. • E. Berkeley, Va. • R. A. Pendleton, Va. • G. G. Randolph, Va. • F. Gibson, Va. • J. D. Darden, Va. • E. S. Moorman, Va. • J. L. Merritt, Va. • C. H. Harrison, Va. • J. J. Dickinson, Va. • C. D. Walker, Va. • J. Imboden, Va. • W. O. Harris, Va. • J. G. Howard, Va. • J. H. Goodwin,

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5. Company D Marker

Va.
New Market, Virginia, May 15, 1864.
Field and Staff Lieut-Colonel Scott Shipp, Commandant • Col. R. L. Madison, Surgeon • Capt. George Ross, Asst. Surgeon Capt. J. C. Whitwell, Commissary and Q.M. • Capt. J. C. Whitwell, Commissary and Q.M. • Cadet Lieut. Cary Weston, Adjutant • Cadet Lieut. J. W. Wyatt, Q.M.
Non-Commissioned StaffCadet Sergeant J. E. Woodbridge, Seargeant-Major • Cadet Sergeant O. P. Evans, Color Bearer • Cadet Sergeant G. A. Davenport, Q.M. Sergeant

Musicians
J. W. Crocken, Fifer • Richard Staples, Kettle-drum • Jacob Marks, Bass-drum

Erected 1903.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 37° 47.394′ N, 79° 26.18′ W. Memorial is in Lexington, Virginia. It is on Letcher Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Marker is located on the grounds of the Virginia Military Institute. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 413 Letcher Ave, Lexington VA 24450, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

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: General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); Little Sorrel (within shouting distance of this marker); Jackson’s Classroom

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6. Roll of Honor Marker

(within shouting distance of this marker); Cincinnatus Citizen-Soldier (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cadet Battery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); P. Wesley Foster, Jr. (about 300 feet away); Virginia Military Institute Historic District (about 300 feet away); Barracks The Virginia Military Institute (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.

New Market Marker image. Click for full size.

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7. New Market Marker

Monument at VMI image. Click for full size.

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8. Monument at VMI

Closeup of Statue image. Click for full size.

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9. Closeup of Statue

This bronze sculpture was done by Moses Ezekiel, VMI Class of 1866. Ezekiel fought at the Battle of New Market.

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10. Cadet Markers

Grave markers for the VMI cadets who died in the Battle of New Market, Va. on May 15, 1864 are behind the monument. These include Cadets William H. Cabell, Jaqueline B. Stanard, Samuel F. Atwill, Charles G. Crockett, Thomas G. Jefferson, Henry J. Jones, William H. McDowell, Joseph C. Wheelwright, Luther C. Haynes, and Alva C. Hartsfield. The remains of six of these cadets are encased in a copper box in the foundation of the monument.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,850 times since then and 51 times this year. Last updated on August 7, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on August 27, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.