Gloucester in Gloucester County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
To the Confederate Dead of Gloucester
Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 18, 2008
1. Confederate Monument
Plant the fair column o'er the vacant grave, a soldier's honors let a soldier have.
1889
Erected 1889.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 37° 24.891′ N, 76° 31.771′ W. Memorial is in Gloucester, Virginia, in Gloucester County. It can be reached from Gloucester Courthouse Grounds. Business US 17 and Blair Road. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Gloucester VA 23061, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is on the Middle Peninsula and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. 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: Gloucester in the Civil War (a few steps from this marker); Court House (a few steps from this marker); In Memoriam John Clayton (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named In Memoriam John Clayton (a few steps from this marker); Pvt. James Daniel Gardner (a few steps from this marker); Werowocomoco (within shouting distance of this marker); The Birdsall Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Gloucester Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gloucester.
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Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 18, 2008
2. Front of Monument
Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 18, 2008
3. Full view of monument. and courthouse grounds
Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,186 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 1, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.
