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

Confederate Soldiers Memorial

Confederate Soldiers Reinterred from Gettysburg

— Oakwood Cemetery —

Confederate Soldiers Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 8, 2013

1. Confederate Soldiers Memorial Marker

Inscription. Confederate Soldiers Memorial-Here rest the remains of 137 Confederate soldiers killed in action or mortally wounded during the Gettysburg Campaign. These men represent approximately 1600 North Carolinians who fell during the Campaign. North Carolinians accounted for one-third of the total Confederate dead at Gettysburg. These soldiers were reinterred to his location in 1871 under the care of the Wake County Ladies Memorial Association in cooperation with Dr. Rufus Weaver of Pennsylvania. Gettysburg

Though men deserve, they may not achieve success; the brave will honor the brave, vanquished none the less - Deo Vindice

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 35° 47.118′ N, 78° 37.638′ W. Memorial is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County. It is in Historic Oakwood. It is on Oakwood Avenue. The marker is in Oakwood Cemetery in the Confederate Cemetery Section. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: 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: CSS H.L. Hunley Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Anderson (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate Monument (within shouting distance of this marker);

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Gettysburg (within shouting distance of this marker); Shotwell (within shouting distance of this marker); North Carolina Confederate POWs (within shouting distance of this marker); Unknown NC Soldier CSA (within shouting distance of this marker); William Ruffin Cox Monument (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Raleigh.

Gettysburg Memorial Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 8, 2013

2. Gettysburg Memorial Detail

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 20, 2001

3. Confederate Soldiers Memorial Marker

Reverse of Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 8, 2013

4. Reverse of Memorial

Marker in Oakwood Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 8, 2013

5. Marker in Oakwood Cemetery

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 802 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 9, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 3. submitted on January 9, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 4, 5. submitted on February 9, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.