Rocky Mount in Franklin County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Franklin County Confederate Monument

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 22, 2024

1. Franklin County Confederate Monument, Northwest side

Inscription.
(Northwest side) To the memory of
The Confederate Dead
of Franklin County
1861-1865 (Northeast side) Co. B 57th Va. Inf.
Co. C 57th Va. Inf.
Co. G 57th Va. Inf.
Co. D 58th Va. Inf.
Co. E 58th Va. Inf.

Reserves
Co. B 5th Bn. Va. Inf.
Co. D 5th Bn. Va. Inf.
Co. G 5th Bn. Va. Inf. (Southwest side) Co. B 2nd Va. Cav.
Co. C 10th Va. Cav.
Co. K 10th Va. Cav.
Co. A 37th Bn. Va. Cav.
Co. G 37th Bn. Va. Cav.
Co. B 24th Va. Inf.
Co. D 24th Va. Inf.
Co. K 42nd Va. Inf.

Erected by Jubal Early Chapter U.D.C. and R.H. Fishburn.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 36° 59.727′ N, 79° 53.347′ W. Monument is in Rocky Mount, Virginia, in Franklin County. It is at the intersection of South Main Street (Business U.S. 220) and East Court Steeet, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. The monument is at the northwest corner of the Franklin County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 275 S Main St, Rocky Mount VA 24151, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Southern Virginia.

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.

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At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rocky Mount (a few steps from this marker); Carter Bank & Trust (approx. 0.2 miles away); United States Colored Troops Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Norfolk and Western Caboose (approx. 0.4 miles away); Franklin County (approx. 0.4 miles away); Washington Iron Works (approx. half a mile away); First Franklin County Court (approx. half a mile away); Carolina Road (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rocky Mount.

Franklin County Confederate Monument, northeast side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 22, 2024

2. Franklin County Confederate Monument, northeast side

Franklin County Confederate Monument, southwest side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 22, 2024

3. Franklin County Confederate Monument, southwest side

Franklin County Confederate Monument, southeast side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 22, 2024

4. Franklin County Confederate Monument, southeast side

Franklin County Confederate Monument, county courthouse in background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 22, 2024

5. Franklin County Confederate Monument, county courthouse in background

Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 578 times since then and 86 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 22, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.