Woodside in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Confederate Monument

By Allen C. Browne, August 31, 2008

1. Confederate Monument Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

To the Memory of
→•←
Seventeen
— Unknown —
Confederate Dead,
Who Fell in Front of
Washington, D.C.
July 12, 1864.
— By Their —
Comrades.

Erected 1897.

Topics. This memorial monument is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 39° 0.319′ N, 77° 2.27′ W. Marker is in Woodside, Maryland, in Montgomery County. Memorial is at the intersection of Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97) and Grace Church Road, on the right when traveling north on Georgia Avenue. Marker is in the church yard of Grace Episcopal Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1607 Grace Church Rd, Silver Spring MD 20910, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. MARC Train #286 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Xeriscape Demonstration Project (approx. half a mile away); Original Federal Boundary Stone, District of Columbia, North Cornerstone (approx. 0.7 miles away); Modern Banking (approx.

By Allen C. Browne, February 23, 2005

2. Confederate Monument Marker

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0.7 miles away); 24-Hour Service (approx. 0.7 miles away); Building Blocks (approx. 0.8 miles away); Silver Opportunity (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Silver Spring Shopping Center (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Woodside.

Regarding Confederate Monument. These 17 confederates were originally buried in scattered locations around Silver Spring. In 1874 they were re-interred in cemetery space donated by Montgomery Blair. This monument was erected in 1897 when the 17 confederate graves were moved again to make way for a street-car track running along Georgia Avenue.

Grace Episcopal Church image. Click for full size.

By Allen C. Browne, February 23, 2005

3. Grace Episcopal Church

This brick building replaced the wooden church in 1956.

4. Postcard

This postcard shows the wood shingled building in front of which the monument was erected in 1897.ACB Collection

Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 538 times since then and 5 times this year. Last updated on August 6, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 6, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.