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Near Farmville in Cumberland County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Confederate Veterans Monument

 
 
Farmville Confederate Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Evan Dwyer, December 13, 2025
1. Farmville Confederate Veterans Monument
In its new location at the Farmville Confederate Cemetery
Inscription.
1861 Virginia 1865
Defenders of State "Sovereignty".
Confederate Heroes

List of companies organized
In the county 1861.
Company F 18th. Va. Inf’’ty.
" " D 18th, " " "
" " D 18th, " " "
" " I 23rd, " " "
" " K 21st, " " "
" " G 53rd, " " "
" " G 20th, " " "
" " G 44th, " " "
" " K 3rd. Va. Cavalry.

 
Erected 1900 by Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy.
 
Topics and series. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
 
Location. 37° 18.7′ N, 78° 23.056′ W. Monument is near Farmville, Virginia, in Cumberland County. It is on Jackson Avenue 0.2 miles east of Early Street, on the right when traveling south. It is now in the Farmville Confederate Cemetery. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 205 Jackson Ave, Farmville VA 23901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Piedmont and in Central 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Confederate Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Lest We Forget (a few steps from this marker); Confederate Cemetery (about
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700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bizarre (approx. 0.3 miles away); Cumberland County / Prince Edward County (approx. 0.3 miles away); Farmville (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Farmville (approx. half a mile away); The Crallι Family (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Farmville.
 
More about this monument. Monument was originally erected at the intersection of Randolph and High Streets, on the left when traveling south on Randolph Street. Its former coordinates were 37.30178N, 78.39545W. It was in front of 212 High Street, Farmville, VA 23909. The monument was moved to its current Confederate Cemetery location in March 2022.
 
Confederate Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Evan Dwyer, December 13, 2025
2. Confederate Veterans Monument
The monument's new location at the Farmville Confederate Cemetery makes it the dominant structure of the three memorials placed there. This view looks across the burial ground (there are no individual gravestones) from the cemetery's roadside entrance.
Farmville Confederate Veterans Monument at its original location downtown image. Click for full size.
May 29, 2010
3. Farmville Confederate Veterans Monument at its original location downtown
Original Location at Randolph & High Streets image. Click for full size.
May 29, 2010
4. Original Location at Randolph & High Streets
Confederate Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
September 4, 2021
5. Confederate Veterans Monument
Original location after the statue was removed.
Confederate Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Evan Dwyer, December 13, 2025
6. Confederate Veterans Monument
Marker in its new location at the Farmville Confederate Cemetery.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,778 times since then and 50 times this year. Last updated on December 30, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 30, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia.   3, 4. submitted on May 30, 2010.   5. submitted on September 6, 2021.   6. submitted on December 30, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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