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United Daughters of the Confederacy Historical Markers
Markers erected by or related to the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). UDC is an American hereditary association of Southern women established in 1894 in Nashville, Tennessee. The purpose of the organization includes the commemoration of Confederate soldiers and the funding of the erection of memorials to these men.
Capt. L.R. Peyton was killed by Sgt. Edwin Young Co. A 2nd New Hampshire Volunteers on the day of his arrival at Pt. Lookout. From the board of inquiry conducted March 22, 1864 Sgt. Young testimony
"In the course of my duties . . . — — Map (db m297224) HM
Alfred Parkins, a prisoner in the "bull pen" as the quarters of the privates is designated, came to see Lt. Arrington. Parkins says there is great destitution and suffering in the "pen". Their food is insufficient, many are in rags and without . . . — — Map (db m297235) HM
Discarded into the water and recovered in 2020, these concrete posts are from the four cemeteries near Tanners Creek at Point Lookout, Maryland.
The federal government consolidated four cemeteries between the years 1867 and 1868.
Three . . . — — Map (db m297219) HM
This granite stone fell off the transport barge into the Chesapeake Bay in 1910 while the federal monument at the Confederate cemetery was in the process of construction.
Recovered by James Philip Fenwick and Louis Hamilton Mayor. . . . — — Map (db m297217) HM
Henry Oldham Robertson was wounded July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg. He stayed at the Cashtown, Pennsylvania hospital until he was transferred to Hammond General Hospital, Point Lookout, Maryland October 4th, 1863. He left Point Lookout Prison Camp . . . — — Map (db m297234) HM
Letter written home from
Sgt. Enos E. Barkdell Co. H 139th Ohio Reg.
Dear family, I received your letter of the 26th of June this morning and I tell you I was glad to hear from you We have as good a bed to sleep on as you have . . . — — Map (db m297228) HM
Pt. Lookout P.O.W. Feb 13, 1864 - June 23, 1864
One of the randomly selected 600 Confederate officers to be used as a hitman shield for 45 days by Federal forces on Morris Island, S.C.
"Landed at Pt. Lookout Feb 13, 1864. . . . — — Map (db m297242) HM
Mary Ellen Whalen was born a slave in 1829 in White Marsh, Maryland. Affectionately known as "Aunt Pigeon," she was commissioned as a cook by the Union Quartermaster at Point Lookout Prison Camp.
Camp regulations prohibited prisoners from . . . — — Map (db m297265) HM
The U.S. Government, located in Washington D.C., was surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. Since Virginia had already joined the Confederacy, it was critical in the survival of the Union that Maryland not be allowed to secede. The State was . . . — — Map (db m168932) HM
The engraved bricks you see around the P.O.W. monument have been donated by descendants of the prisoners, veterans' organizations and individuals. The names on the bricks represent a small percentage of the documented 52,264 POW's imprisoned at . . . — — Map (db m297264) HM
This memorial plaza is to honor the sacrifices of the 52,264 Confederate soldiers, sailors and civilians imprisoned near here during the War Between the States. Point Lookout prison camp was established immediately following the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m60250) HM
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. - Maya Angelo
To the memories of our past
Who are patient and who wait,
True and faithful to the last,
For Easter morning . . . — — Map (db m128949) WM
Major A.G. Brady as I saw and knew him would have the sole distinction of having impressed his brutal image, his cowardly and inhuman conduct to the prisoners in his keeping, as the lowest and most consummate villain of which history makes . . . — — Map (db m297229) HM
"We received a cup of thin soup and a small piece of bakers' bread with a small slice of pickled pork. The ration never changed. How they could be so rotten we never understood. Only one meat was served each day. Many men contracted scurvy." . . . — — Map (db m297230) HM
Pvt. Joseph P. Bashaw Co. I 7th Tenn Infantry
"I was captured and carried to Pt. Lookout Prison, where I took chronic dysentery without treatment, I came near dying before they sent me to a hospital where I began to improve a little, but what I . . . — — Map (db m297240) HM
Upon the whole, prison life was very monotonous. It was such and unhealthy camp that the prisoners considered that they had a better chance for their lives fighting in the army.
The food, while good was very scant. Breakfast consisted of . . . — — Map (db m312019) HM
The 25th Christmas Day and it was clear and cold. I was both cold and hungry all day. Only got a piece of bread and a cup of coffee for breakfast and a small slice of meat and a cup of soup and 5 crackers for dinner. Supper we had none. . . . — — Map (db m297227) HM
"Our prison was situated on the point between the Potomac which is 6 miles wide and the Chesapeake which is so wide that you cannot see across it. We were in tents with a parapet made of plank around us. There were about 40 acres inside the . . . — — Map (db m297263) HM
Our tents were miserable affairs, being full of holes and very rotten. They were of the "Sibley pattern," and into each one of these sixteen men were crowded. In order to lay down at night, the men were compelled to lay so close together as to . . . — — Map (db m297233) HM
Sgt. Peyton P. Maddox Co. C 9th La. Infantry
Letter dated Dec 16, 1863
"Our rations are short and we are very much in need of clothing. I thought that I had seen hard times before but I never known what hard times were before. I would give . . . — — Map (db m297238) HM
Entered into the community 28th March 1861
Received the Holy Habit 8th September 1861
Sister Mary Consolata Conlan was one of the twenty-five Daughters of Charity from Emmitsburg, Maryland who cared for the sick, wounded and dying at Point . . . — — Map (db m297267) HM
This monument was originally at the Grace Church Cemetery, at the corner of Grace Church Road and Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. It was rededicated at Confederate Memorial Park on October 9, 2020.
Until its relocation to . . . — — Map (db m297269) HM
The Maryland Flagpole
In 1860, the people of Maryland were opposed to secession but supportive of states' rights. Events unfolding in April of 1861 soon swayed Marylanders' views favorably toward secession. The attempt to . . . — — Map (db m297218) HM
Pvt. Wilbur W. Grambling, twenty-one years of age, captured in the Wilderness Campaign in May 1864 was imprisoned at the elmira Prison Camp also known as "Hellmira." In his diaries, he recorded his observations of the prisoners that were . . . — — Map (db m297236) HM
C.S.A.
On this site in an oak grove from Sept. 15 to Sept. 18, 1862, stood the headquarters tent of General Robert E. Lee commanding the Confederate forces. Purchased, restored and marked by the West Virginia Division, United Daughters . . . — — Map (db m5640) HM
During the War Between the States, 1861-1865 more than a thousand Confederates were imprisoned here of whom thirteen died.
D.B. Cartwright CO H 32 N.C.
James J. Cooper CO. F 17 N.C.
Col. T.J. Davidson 25 Miss
A. Diggs citizen, VA
Aquila . . . — — Map (db m59205) HM
”Lest we forget – lest we forget”
To the boys who wore the grey.
Erected by the Natchez Chapter No. 304
Daughters of the Confederacy
January 19, 1950
Commemorating those who left from
Natchez and Adams County
Mustered . . . — — Map (db m127098) WM
Front (East)
To the memory
of our
Confederate Dead.
1861-65.
Dead upon the field of glory
Hero fit for song and story.
Rear (West)
Bolivar County's
tribute to
southern heroism.
No nation . . . — — Map (db m90270) WM
Chickasaw County's tribute
to the sons who wore the gray
and were faithful to the cause.
Erected under auspices of
Okolona Chapter U.D.C. No. 117.
— — Map (db m102750) WM
Citizens of the Dixie community built this structure 1/4 mile southeast of this site in the 1930s to serve as a cafeteria during the Depression era. The log cabin has also served as a meeting place, music hall and classroom. In 2003 the cabin was . . . — — Map (db m56534) HM
[Northeast Inscription]:
C.S.A.
To the Men and Women of
the Confederacy
1861-1865
[Southwest Inscription]:
When their county called
they held back nothing.
They cheerfully gave their
property and their lives.
. . . — — Map (db m39867) WM
This boulder is erected by the Mississippi
College Rifles Chapter U. D. C.
in grateful memory of the 104 men who went
out from this college as Company E; 18th
Mississippi Regiment, April 23, 1861.
J. W. Welborn, Capt., Cuddie . . . — — Map (db m90391) HM
To the Holmes County
soldiers of 18611865,
and members of Holmes
County Camp No 398 U.C.V.
in memory of their
patriotism and heroism
and to commend their
example to future
generations.
Their deeds, proud deeds.
shall . . . — — Map (db m184582) WM
Front
To Our
Confederate Dead
1861-1865,
Left side
They fell devoted, but undying;
The very gale their names seem'd sighing:
The waters murmur'd of their name;
The woods were peopled . . . — — Map (db m102996) WM
Dedicated to the memory of the men
from Texas who are known to be
buried here, and to all brave Texans
who passed this way
Nothing is ended until it is forgotten
Sgt. John L. Killough
Co. E. 2nd TX Infantry
Died 11 Jun . . . — — Map (db m287054) HM WM
Front
CSA
1861-1865
Leflore County's tribute
to her sons and daughters
of the Southern Confederacy.
Erected under the auspices
of the Varina Jefferson Davis
Chapter United Daughters
of the Confederacy.
Oct. 9, . . . — — Map (db m77355) WM
Constructed using funds raised by public subscription, this monument was dedicated in July 1912, to the memory of citizens of Neshoba County who served in the Civil War (1861-1865).
The statue on the monument was damaged by a windstorm in 1990 . . . — — Map (db m130057) HM WM
To our
Confederate
Dead.
Names listed on monument
Wm. Franklin Wm. Cason James Goodwin
Ike Griffin Jasper Holmes Wm. Hurt
B.T. Tatum Franklin Rogers A. Rickey
Abe Ware J.O. Gavin Sam Connor
Joe Robbins J. Luttrell S. . . . — — Map (db m92669) WM
Front
C.S.A.
Our Heroes
1861 — 1865
[Bottom two tiers of lower base contain names and units of those who served]Left
C.S.A.
[Long list of names down the entire shaft . . . — — Map (db m103000) WM
East face
To those who wore the grey, “In legend and lay our heroes in grey, shall forever live over again for us.”
“The epitaph of the soldier who falls with his country, is written in the hearts of those who love . . . — — Map (db m111507) WM
Front
1861–1865
Our Heroes
Rear
"For truth dies
not and by her
light they raise
the flag whose
starry folds have
never trailed;
and by the low
tents of the
deathless deed
they left the . . . — — Map (db m90268) WM
To the everlasting memory of
those South Carolinians who
offered their lives upon the fields of
Vicksburg for the Southern Confederacy.
This monument is dedicated
by the South Carolina Division
United Daughters of the . . . — — Map (db m133948) HM WM
Dedicated to the Tennessee Confederate Soldiers
Who served in Defense of Vicksburg
Reverse: Honor to those who never sought it; Fame to those who never wished it; Glory to those who never dreamed it; Immortality, for they earned it . . . — — Map (db m88191) WM
[south side]Erected by Private Taylor Rucks Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy To commemorate the valor and patriotism of the Confederate soldiers of Washington County. 1861-1865.[east . . . — — Map (db m229485) WM
Front
Wayne County's
loving tribute
to the
noble men
who marched
neath the flag
of the
Stars and Bars
Left Side
Furl that banner
true' tis gory,
yet' tis wreathed
around with glory,
and' twill live . . . — — Map (db m80386) WM
1861 — 1865
As at Thermopylae, the greater
glory was to the vanquished
———
This monument is erected to
perpetuate the memory of the
noble courage, constancy and
self sacrificing devotion of the
women of . . . — — Map (db m77476) WM
In 1911, Cape Girardeau members of the Missouri Chapter of the Woman's Relief Corps, an auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, commissioned a memorial to the fallen soldiers of the City and County. Dedicated on May 30, 1911, the memorial . . . — — Map (db m236269) HM
Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia September 11, 1809 Resided in Chariton County Missouri 1831-1865 Speaker Of the House of Representatives Of Missouri General Assembly 1840-1844 Elected to Congress 1844 Participated in War with Mexico 1846-1848 . . . — — Map (db m131899) HM WM
(Side 1)
To the memory of the Missouri Soldier in the army
of the
Confederate States of America
Major General Sterling Price
(Side 2)
Those who die for a right principle do not die in vain.
(Side 3)
Erected . . . — — Map (db m162226) WM
In memory of our Confederate Dead
To the brave soldiers who fell in
the Battle of Westport October 23, 1864.
Erected by
Kansas City Chapter 149 U.D.C.
to the memory of
Seventy Five Confederate . . . — — Map (db m26593) WM
On Oct. 23, 1864, Confederate Gen. Shelby being forced back from Westport by Gen. Curtis and flanked on the east by Gen. Pleasonton formed a defensive line here behind stone fences running east and west to the state line. Jackman's Brigade of . . . — — Map (db m26692) HM
Price's Raid
Confederate General Sterling Price brought three mounted divisions from Arkansas into Missouri, September 19, 1864. Fighting several small battles he marched slowly north toward St. Louis, then struck westward to Jefferson City. . . . — — Map (db m20868) HM
[east side] James H. McBride was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1814 of Scotch-Irish descent. He studied Law and was admitted to the Bar in Paris, Missouri. He married Mildred A. Barnes of Cooper County and settled in . . . — — Map (db m296715) HM
(front): Victory Awaits You. (back): This monument honors and perpetuates the memory of the brave Texas citizen volunteers who offered their lives and fortunes in the defense of the Confederate states of America during the war for . . . — — Map (db m64055) HM WM
1861 1865
In memory of Texas Mounted Volunteers
Sibleys Brigade C.S.A.
J.S. Sutton
Lieut. Col. 7th Regt
S.A. Lockridge
Major 5th Regt
M. Heuvel
Capt. 4th Regt
And all unknown soldiers killed in
the Battle of Val Verde Feb 21, . . . — — Map (db m155660) WM
In Memory of The Confederate Soldiers in the War Between the States who died in Elmira Prison and lie buried here erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy November 6, 1937 — — Map (db m32179) HM
Then Captain, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
resided on this site
1841-1846
Presented by
New York Division
United Daughters of the Confederacy — — Map (db m107671) HM
To Commemorate With Grateful Love the Patriotism, Valor, and Devotion to Duty, of the Brave Soldiers of Alamance County.
(Back): "On Fame's Eternal Camping Ground, Their Silent Tents are Spread, and Glory Guards, with Solemn Round, . . . — — Map (db m28269) WM
After the Civil War, womens associations throughout the South sought to gather the Confederate dead from battlefield burial sites and reinter the remains in proper cemeteries, while Confederate monuments were erected in courthouse squares and . . . — — Map (db m76917) HM
Erected and Dedicated by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and Friends
In loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
The shaft memorial and highway straight
attest his worth he . . . — — Map (db m31578) HM
[front/southeast face]Nor shall your glory be forgot while fame her record keeps or honor points the hallowed spot where valor proudly sleeps. In honor of the men who wore the gray. [back/northwest . . . — — Map (db m262001) WM
To the sons of Caswell County who served in the War of 1861-65 in answer to the call of their country
In whatever event that may face our national existence may God give us the will to do what is right, that, like our forefathers we may . . . — — Map (db m216383) WM
This tablet marks the site of an important arsenal of the Confederate government. Authorized by the United States Congress, 1836; captured by North Carolina, April 22, 1861; transferred to the Confederate government, June 5, 1861; and destroyed by . . . — — Map (db m24327) HM
The Women of Cumberland
to their
Confederate Dead
May 20, 1861 - May 10, 1902
They died in defence of their
RightsFor they should fall the tears
of a nation's grief.Lord God of Hosts be with us yet, . . . — — Map (db m31143) HM
Erected by The Robert E. Lee Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy No. 324 Sept. 14, 1905. [ Back of Monument: ] Sleep sweetly in your humble graves. Sleep martyrs of a fallen cause. For lo, a marble column craves the pilgrim here to pause. . . . — — Map (db m230948) WM
[Front]
Erected by the
James B. Gordon Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
October 1905
Winston-Salem, N.C.
[Back]
"Sleeping, but glorious,
Dead in Fame's portal,
Dead, but victorious,
Dead, but . . . — — Map (db m247324) HM
Dedicated to the
Memory of
300 Unknown Soldiers
by the Ladies'
Memorial Asso. of
Greensboro, N.C.
which became
Daughters of the Confederacy
Guilford Chapter 301, 1899 — — Map (db m219350) WM
In grateful memory of the brave men who sleep in Chicora Cemetery. They fought their last fight March 16, 1865 on this third line breastworks of Averasboro Battlefield. — — Map (db m34301) HM
In memory of the North Carolina Troops that so valiantly resisted the advance of a superior Federal army at the Battle of Averasboro March 15-16, 1865 Fiftieth North Carolina Regiment Seventy Seventh North Carolina Regiment Tenth Battalion North . . . — — Map (db m15760) HM
The United Daughters of the Confederacy in cooperation with the United States Forest Service planted this 125 acre forest as a living memorial to the 125,000 soldiers North Carolina provided the Confederacy. The 125,000 Red Spruce tree forest was . . . — — Map (db m123435) WM
In Memory of
Albert Pike
Arkansas Poet of the Confederacy
Philosopher, Jurist, Philologist
Ethnologist, Statesman
Man of Letters
Born in Boston Mass, 1809
Died in Washington D.C. 1891
The greater part of his life was passed . . . — — Map (db m80982) HM
Soldier, Planter,
Author, Statesman
Born June 3, 1808
Fairview Kentucky
Died December 6, 1889
New Orleans, Louisiana
"He was a Statesman with clean hands and pure heart who served his people faithfully and well from budding manhood to . . . — — Map (db m17800) HM
In Loving Memory
Orren Randolph Smith
who on February 12, 1861, designed,
"The Stars and Bars"
the first official flag of the Confederacy adopted by the Confederate States Congress,
Montgomery, Alabama, March 4, 1861
Warren . . . — — Map (db m81024) HM
In loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
“The shaft memorial and highway straight
attest his worth — he cometh to his own.”
— . . . — — Map (db m13108) HM
Pioneer citizen. Donor of
land for civic use. Mooresville
was named in his honor.
Erected by
Battle of Bentonville Chapter
United Daughters of Confederacy - 1950. — — Map (db m237228) HM
Dedicated by the Presbyterian church to the memory of the pioneers and to the soldiers of the Indian wars, the Revolution and the Confederacy who lie buried here.
Built by the pioneers, this wall was reconstructed by the national government and . . . — — Map (db m51803) HM
This memorial marks the battlefield of Bentonville where, on March 19-21, 1865, General Joseph E. Johnston, with about 15,000 Confederate troops, principally from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, checked . . . — — Map (db m222917) HM
In memory of the North Carolina soldiers who fought and died so courageously and the civilians who suffered so grievously during the Battle of Bentonville. March 19-21, 1865. Reverse: Sleep, soldier, sleep, in thy rough earthen tomb. While . . . — — Map (db m222879) HM
Near this spot, March 8, 1865, about 9 a.m., Hoke's Division, C.S.A. under the immediate command of Major-General Robert F. Hoke, broke the advanced columns of Cox's First Division, 23rd Corps, U.S.A. and captured principally from Upham's brigade . . . — — Map (db m155977) HM
Erected and dedicated by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and friends
in loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
"The shaft memorial and highway straight
attest his worth-he cometh to his . . . — — Map (db m129217) WM
In loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
The shaft memorial and highway straight
attest his worth he cometh to his own.
. . . — — Map (db m215336) HM
His family occupied the house on this site for several months during the War Between the States, Mrs. Davis dying here in September, 1863 — — Map (db m175601) HM
North Carolina Military Institute Charlotte remembers with honor the gallant lads of the N.C. Military Institute, which once stood near here. After Fort Sumter, the ladies of Charlotte presented the cadets with a secession flag they had made, . . . — — Map (db m237554) HM WM
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