Washington in Beaufort County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Defense of Washington Memorial

June 14, 2025

1. Defense of Washington Memorial Marker

Inscription. Erected May 10, 1905 by Washington Gray Chapter Children of the Confederacy, organized in 1897 by Margaret Arthur Call. To the memory of 17 soldiers killed in defense of Washington Sept. 6, 1862.

Erected 1905 by Washington Gray Chapter, Children of the Confederacy.

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

Location. 35° 33.333′ N, 77° 2.735′ W. Memorial is in Washington, North Carolina, in Beaufort County. It is on North Market Street (County Road 1516) north of East 15th Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 104 E 15th St, Washington NC 27889, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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

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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: Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Oakdale Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); To Our Confederate Dead (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Confederate Cannon (about 500 feet away); Veterans Memorial Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Battlefield Cross (approx. 0.9 miles away); Beaufort County World War I Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Washington.

Defense of Washington Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 14, 2014

2. Defense of Washington Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 22, 2025, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 130 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 22, 2025. 2. submitted on September 6, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.