Gatesville in Gates County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Gates County Confederate Monument
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1. Gates County Confederate Monument
1861-1865
1915
Confederate Monument Organization
Gates Co.
To our Confederate soldiers.
Gates Co. furnished the youngest general officer in the Confederates States Army. Wm. P. Roberts without military training was, upon merit alone, commissioned Brig. Gen. at the age of 23.
Erected 1915 by Confederate Monument Organization.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 36° 24.197′ N, 76° 45.18′ W. Monument is in Gatesville, North Carolina, in Gates County. It is at the intersection of Court Street (State Highway 137) and New Ferry Road (County Road 1111), on the right when traveling east on Court Street. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Gatesville NC 27938, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Coastal Plain 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 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "United We Stand" (a few steps from this marker); William P. Roberts (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Elsie Riddick (approx. 0.2 miles away); Reid's Grove School (approx. 1.1 miles away); Mary Louise Manley Thompson (approx. 7.3 miles away); Dr. Walter Reed
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Gates County Courthouse (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing).
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2. Gates County Confederate Monument
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3. Gates County Confederate Monument
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4. Gates County Confederate Monument
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