Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Confederate Soldiers
January 26, 2019
1. Confederate Soldiers Marker
"How sleep the brave who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest"
Confederate Soldiers
Which were disinterred from the Alexandria Soldiers' Cemetery (Federal) and reinterred in this ground on the 27th day of December 1879, under the auspices of the Southern Memorial Association of Alexandria, Va.
William Bamburg, Lieut. 42, Miss. • Wm. T. White, Sergt. 3, NC • Daniel A. Keever, Sergt. 25 SC • Wm. J. Frolic, Sergt. 25, SC • Daniel V. Frazier, Corporal, 7, SC • H. L. B. Fleming, 25 SC • G. S. Heron, Sergt. 7, SC • Henry G. Proctor, 25, SC • Erastus W. Hays, 25 SC • Wm. W. Taylor, 25, SC • Henry A. Strom, 4, SC • David Rogers, 1, SC • Charles Firtich, 25, SC • Thos. W. Montgomery, 25, SC • Jacob W. Redmon, 25, SC • Abner M. Buzhardt, 11, SC • Gambriel Cox, 1, NC • Wesley W. Skipper, 30, NC • Anderton Brown, 3, NC • Lemuel Cheeney, 44, NC • Ashbury Tarpley, 122, Miss. • John Carter, 10, Fla. • James E. Elder, 25, Tenn. • Robert J. Morris, 16, Miss. • R. Pittman, 60, GA • James M. Stuart, Corporal, 48, VA • Alexander Lyles, Richardson’s Battery, VA • Gustavus W. Portlock, 61, VA • John Bennet Davis, Partizan Ranger, VA • James Augustine,
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These men were prisoners of war who died in the Federal Hospitals in this city
Resurgemus
[We shal rise]
Original stone lies underneath
Erected by Military Order of Stars and Bars, Gen. Samuel Cooper Chapter.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1879.
Location. 38° 48.373′ N, 77° 2.814′ W. Marker is in Alexandria, Virginia. It is in Old Town. Memorial is on North Washington Street south of Cameron Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 North Washington Street, Alexandria VA 22314, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Site of First Synagogue of Beth El Hebrew Congregation (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of the Honorary Pall-Bearers of General George Washington (within shouting distance of this marker); Home of Henry Lee (within shouting distance of this marker); Methodist Protestant Church Site (within shouting distance of this marker); Philip Marsteller (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lord Fairfax House (about 300 feet away); Site of Alexandria's First Sugar Refinery (about 300 feet away); Lloyd House (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alexandria.
More about this marker. The couplet that heads this memorial is from William Collin's poem “Ode Written in the Beginning of the year 1746,” commemorating the dead from the revolt of Bonnie Prince Charlie, July 1745 - April 1746.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 17, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2019. This page has been viewed 385 times since then and 26 times this year. Last updated on January 28, 2019. Photo 1. submitted on January 26, 2019. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
