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Confederate Memorial

 
 
Confederate Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., March 6, 2011
1. Confederate Memorial
Inscription.
★ Erected April 1965 ★
In memory of the heroic Confederate Soldiers of Nelson County who served in the War Between the States
1861 ★ 1865
Love makes memory eternal

 
Erected 1965 by 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. 37° 45.584′ N, 78° 52.17′ W. Memorial is in Lovingston, Virginia, in Nelson County. It is at the intersection of Court Street (Virginia Route 1001) and Main Street on Court Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 74 Courthouse Square, Lovingston VA 22949, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hurricane Camille Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Nelson County World War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Nelson County World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Nelson County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Lovingston (about 400 feet away, measured
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in a direct line); Nelson Memorial Library (approx. 0.8 miles away); Lovingston High School (approx. 0.9 miles away); Peter Cartwright (approx. 3.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lovingston.
 
Confederate Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., March 6, 2011
2. Confederate Memorial
Confederate Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., March 6, 2011
3. Confederate Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2011, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,237 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 9, 2011, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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