Uptown in Wadesboro in Anson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

The Women of the Confederacy

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

1. The Women of the Confederacy Marker, Side One

Inscription.
(Front side)
The Confederate Flag

Not long unfurled was I known,
for fate was against me:
But I flashed over a pure cause,
and, on land and sea,
so fired the hearts of men unto heroism
that the world honors me.
Within my fold, the dead who died under them,
Lie nobly shrouded:
And my tattered colors,
Crowded with thousand shining victories
have become,
for the people who loved me,
A Glorified Memory
John Dimitry

To the women of the Confederacy who, in utter devotion to the cause, helped to send to the front more than six hundred thousand soldiers in one of the greatest and most unequal conflicts recorded in history.

These women with hope and courage that never faltered, inspired our citizen soldiery by their faith in God. By their magic influence and immeasurable good works.

Their fair daughters, with unshaken fidelity have preserved the fame of our glorious dead.

With such to inspire the living and honor the fallen, the men of the South will ever be.

Equal to Victory
Superior to Defeat

(Reverse side)
Dedicated 1934
This memorial is a gift of love to his mother Eliza

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Syndor Nelme Smith and to Mary Bennett Smith • Nannie Flake Smith from

William Alexander Smith of the Anson Guards, first company in the state to offer its services. Later enrolled, and fought gallantly throughout the war, as Company C Fourteenth North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States Army.

Fidelis

Erected 1934 by William Alexander Smith from the Anson Guard.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • Women.

Location. 34° 58.022′ N, 80° 4.594′ W. Memorial is in Wadesboro, North Carolina, in Anson County. It is in Uptown. It is on North Greene Street (North Carolina Route 109/742) near East Martin Street, on the right when traveling north. The memorial is on the grounds of the Anson County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 114 N Greene Street, Wadesboro NC 28170, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western

The Women of the Confederacy Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

2. The Women of the Confederacy Marker, Side Two

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Blind Boy Fuller (within shouting distance of this marker); 1900 Total Solar Eclipse (within shouting distance of this marker); Anson County Memorial Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Capt. Patrick Boggan (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Boggan-Hammond House (about 700 feet away); Thomas Samuel Ashe (approx. 0.7 miles away); Anson County Training School (approx. 0.8 miles away); Hugh Hammond Bennett (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wadesboro.

The Women of the Confederacy Marker near the Anson County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

3. The Women of the Confederacy Marker near the Anson County Courthouse

Credits. This page was last revised on April 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 20, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 231 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 20, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.