Oak Grove in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Jefferson Davis Highway

June 10, 2010

1. Jefferson Davis Highway UDC Marker

Inscription. This tree marks the site of Battery 17 of the inner defenses of Richmond, 1862-1865, and is planted in soil taken from battlefields. A memorial to Confederate soldiers.

Erected 1929 by Elliott Grays Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.

Location. Memorial has been reported missing. It was located near 37° 30.201′ N, 77° 26.798′ W. Memorial was in Richmond, Virginia. It was in Oak Grove. It was at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) and Harwood Street, on the right when traveling north on Jefferson Davis Highway. Touch for map. Memorial was in this post office area: Richmond VA 23224, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial was in Central Virginia.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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 location, measured as the crow flies: Richmond Defences (approx. 0.7 miles away); Here Rest More Than One Hundred (approx. one mile away); The First Baptist Church of South Richmond (approx. one mile away); Dr. Dorothy Irene Height (approx. 1.1 miles away); Dorothy Height (approx. 1.1

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miles away); Colonel Thomas Stegge, Jr. (approx. 1.3 miles away); Manchester Lodge No. 14 (approx. 1½ miles away); The African Church of Manchester (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Manchester Elliott Grays (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).

More about this memorial.

"The Elliott Grays Marker, in Richmond, is one of 16 granite markers erected (1927–47) in Virginia along the commemoratively designated Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1). Following the creation of the Lincoln Highway in 1913, the United Daughters of the Confederacy conceived the idea of linking 3,417 miles of various roads from Arlington to San Diego and naming the route for the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, with signs designating the highway. The UDC promoted the Davis highway in educational brochures and maps nationwide and it considers the highway and affiliated markers to be one of its greatest undertakings. ...(The tree died many years ago.) The UDC chapter took its name from Company I, 6th Virginia Infantry, The Elliott Grays, a Civil War militia unit
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2. Jefferson Davis Hwy & Harwood St (facing south)
organized in Chesterfield County." Notes on Virginia, Number 50, page 9, 2006. Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

Also see . . . Elliott Grays Marker. National Register of Historic Places (Submitted on June 10, 2010.)

Ingram Ave & Harwood St on Jefferson Davis Hwy image. Click for full size.

June 10, 2010

3. Ingram Ave & Harwood St on Jefferson Davis Hwy

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,397 times since then and 61 times this year. Last updated on April 21, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 10, 2010. 3. submitted on June 14, 2010.