Downtown in Raleigh in Wake County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Worth Bagley

Ensign United States Navy

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 20, 2001

1. Worth Bagley Memorial

Inscription. The first American officer and only line officer of the Navy who fell in the Spanish-American War

Killed on board the U.S. Torpedo Boat Winslow during the bombardment at Cardenas, Cuba, May 11, 1898

Son of William Henry Bagley and Adelaide Worth Bagley

Born in Raleigh N.C. April 6, 1874

Appointed Cadet U.S. Naval Academy July 1, 1889

Commissioned Ensign U.S. Navy July 7, 1897

“And thus this man died, leaving his death for an example of a noble courage and a memorial of virtue, not only unto young men, but unto all this nation”

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Spanish-American. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1985.

Location. 35° 47.208′ N, 78° 37.536′ W. Memorial is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from the intersection of Oakwood Avenue and Linden Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Gravesite is in Christ Church Section, Lot 1 of Oakwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 701 Oakwood Avenue, Raleigh NC 27604, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and in the Research Triangle.

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: William Ruffin Cox Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Anderson (about 700 feet away, measured

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in a direct line); Confederate Soldiers Memorial (about 700 feet away); CSS H.L. Hunley Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Confederate Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); North Carolina Confederate POWs (approx. 0.2 miles away); Shotwell (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gettysburg (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Raleigh.

Worth Bagley headstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 20, 2001

2. Worth Bagley headstone

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 9, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 785 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 9, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.