Park View in Portsmouth, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

CSS Virginia Memorial

CSS Virginia Monument Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, April 10, 2026

1. CSS Virginia Monument Marker

Inscription. In memory of the men
who built and manned the
CSS Virginia
1861 - 1862

Original granite Dry Dock # 1
Gosport Naval Yard
Stonewall Camp #380
SCV - 1996

Erected 1996 by Stonewall Camp # 380, SCV (Sons of Confederate Veterans).

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

Location. 36° 50.359′ N, 76° 18.467′ W. Memorial is in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is in Park View. It can be reached from Fort Lane north of London Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. The memorial is ocated in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 301 Fort Lane, Portsmouth VA 23704, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Hampton Roads,

specifically in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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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: Portsmouth Confederate Memorial (here, next to this marker); This Bell (here, next to this marker); The Confederate Section (here, next to this marker); Brigadier General Archibald Campbell Godwin (here, next to this marker); Captain William H. Murdaugh (here, next to this marker); Fannie Murdaugh Downing (a few steps from this marker); John K. Cooke (within shouting distance of this marker); Mordecai Cooke (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portsmouth.

CSS Virginia Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, April 10, 2026

2. CSS Virginia Monument

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, April 10, 2026

3. CSS Virginia Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2026, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 12, 2026, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.