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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.
By Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 12, 2008
Sims Home Site Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On East White Street near N. Jones Avenue. |
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Near this spot stood the Rock Hill residence of Robert Moorman Sims, Captain, C.S.A., who on April 9, 1865, carried the flag of truce which led to the surrender of Lee's forces at Appomattox, He later was S.C. Senator for Lancaster County, . . . — — Map (db m16721) HM |
| On Elizabeth Lane at East White Street, on the left when traveling south on Elizabeth Lane. |
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[Front]:
About 1839, this former plantation house was built by George Pendleton White (1801-1849) and his wife, Ann Hutchison White (1805-1880). It has since sheltered five generations of a pioneer Rock Hill family. During the War of . . . — — Map (db m24838) HM |
| On East Liberty Street (State Highway 5). |
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(Front):Lest We Forget
1861-1865 Our Confederate Dead (Side):In Eternal Remembrance,"Of the Soldiers tried and true, Who bore the flag of a Nation's trust, And fell in a cause Though lost, still just And died for me and you" . . . — — Map (db m11169) HM |
| | United Daughters of the Confederacy
10 September 1894 10 September 1969
This memorial commemorates
the seventy-fifth anniversary of
the foundation of
The United Daughters of the Confederacy
by
Caroline Meriwether Goodlett
in . . . — — Map (db m85486) HM WM |
| On Eaton Street (Tennessee Route 104, 77) at College Street (U.S. 45), on the left when traveling east on Eaton Street. |
| | (Preface): Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led his cavalry brigade on a raid through West Tennessee, Dec. 15, 1862 - Jan. 3, 1863, destroying railroads an severing Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's supply line between Columbus, Kentucky and Vicksburg, . . . — — Map (db m81556) HM |
| On Eaton Street (Tennessee Route 104, 77) at College Street (U.S. 45), on the left when traveling east on Eaton Street. |
| | Erected to the memory of our Confederate Soldiers by the Russell-Hill Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
"Lest We Forget" — — Map (db m55245) HM |
| On Sam Davis Circle at Monument Drive, on the left when traveling north on Sam Davis Circle. |
| | Place where Sam Davis was captured Nov. 19, 1863 Minor Hill, Tennessee Executed at Pulaski Tenn. Nov. 27, 1863 When offered his freedom for information, his answer was, "No, I cannot, I would rather die a thousand deaths than betray a friend or be . . . — — Map (db m36494) HM |
| On Bethesda Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (Front Side):
Early Russellville (1780-1859) The Russellville area was settled shortly after the American Revolution. The first pioneers probably were in the area by 1780-1782, when the land was still known as Indian Territory. Early . . . — — Map (db m25476) HM |
| On Hamburg-Savannah Road 0.3 miles south of Corinth Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | C. S. A.
Alabama
(north side):
C. S. A.
Alabama Infantry
4th Battalion, Maj. James M. Clifton
16th Regiment, Lieut. Col. John W. Harris
17th Regiment, Lieut. Col. Robert C. Farris
18th Regiment, Col. Eli S. Shorter
19th . . . — — Map (db m41315) HM |
| On Eastern Corinth Road at Hornets Nest Loop, on the right when traveling north on Eastern Corinth Road. |
| | (Front): Confederate troops from Arkansas present at and engaged in the battle of Shiloh. RemarksThe following named field officers of Arkansas troops were killed or died of wounds received on the battlefield of Shiloh: Lt. Col. A.D. . . . — — Map (db m22767) HM |
| On Loop road to Confederate Burial Trench 0.1 miles west of Sherman Road, on the right when traveling south. |
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(Stone monument)
To the Confederate Dead
in the Trenches
Erected by the U.D.C.
A.D. 1917
(Metal Tablet)
Burial Place
Confederate Soldiers
Shiloh
1862
(Bronze marker)
Unknown Soldier
Confederate . . . — — Map (db m38830) HM |
| | To The Confederate Dead
in the trenches
Erected by Tenn. Division
U.D.C. 1935 — — Map (db m81824) WM |
| Near Sherman Road at Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Extension Road, on the right when traveling south. |
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To the Confederate Dead
in the Trenches
Erected by Tenn. Division
U.D.C. 1935
— — Map (db m38923) HM |
| On Corinth-Pittsburg Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | (Back of Monument - Center):The States of the South sent to the Battle of Shiloh seventy nine organizations of infantry ten organizations of cavalry and twenty three batteries of artillery How bravely and how well they fought let the tablets . . . — — Map (db m81825) HM |
| On Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Shiloh's Confederate Monument combines symbolism with beauty to commemorate the story of the Southern "Lost Cause" in the fields and woods near Shiloh Church. Its prominent location marks a Confederate high water mark. Here, on April 6, 1862, . . . — — Map (db m81826) HM |
| Near Kingston Pike (U.S. 70) 0.4 miles east of Cherokee Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Bleak House, the home of Robert Houston Armstrong and Louisa Franklin Armstrong, is an Italianate-style mansion completed in 1858. During the Siege and Battle of Knoxville, November 17–December 4, 1863, the house was Confederate Gen. James . . . — — Map (db m69488) HM |
| On 17th Street SW south of Laurel Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | To the memory of the Confederate soldiers
Who fell in the assault on Fort Sanders
November 29, 1863.
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's blight
Nor Time's remorseless doom
Shall dim one ray of glory's light
That gilds your glorious . . . — — Map (db m76504) WM |
| On Elk Avenue South at College Street East (Business U.S. 64), on the left when traveling north on Elk Avenue South. |
| | Confederate Park, the northeast corner of the courthouse yard, was deeded to the Zollicoffer-Fulton Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, by the Quarterly Court. The chapter unveiled the Confederate Monument on September 6, 1906. . . . — — Map (db m32103) HM |
| On Elk Avenue South south of College Street East (Business U.S. 64), on the right when traveling south. |
| | On June 15, 1864, Thomas Massey, William Pickett, and Frank Burroughs were arrested and were to be executed without trial by Union General E.A. Payne for the alleged charge of bushwhacking. Hearing of the order, John Massey, the older brother of . . . — — Map (db m82218) HM |
| On East Market Street east of South Main Avenue (U.S. 431), on the right when traveling west. |
| | To the women of the Confederacy, who kept intact the homes of the South, while the men of the South were fighting her battles, and who gave to their soldiers, their children, and their land the water of life, hope, and courage, this fountain is . . . — — Map (db m35800) HM |
| Near South Church Street at East Main Street. |
| | Placed in memory of the
Rutherford County Boys
who gallantly served in the World War
by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
“The brave beget the brave” — — Map (db m151200) WM |
| On Greenland Drive near North University Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Within this circle lies the remains of over 2,000 gallant Confederate soldiers who gave their lives in the battles in and around Murfreesboro during The War Between The States 1861-1865. They were first buried on the battlefield where they died . . . — — Map (db m69177) HM |
| On Sam Davis Road 0.3 miles west of Brookhaven Trail, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In November 1863, while carrying intelligence on Union troop movements, Sam was captured near the Alabama border and jailed in Pulaski, Tennessee.
Interrogated by General Grenville Dodge and others, he was told that if information were not . . . — — Map (db m69102) HM |
| On North Front Street south of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | (Front):Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America 1861 - 1865
Before the War Between the States, he served with distinction as a United States Congressman and twice as a United States Senator. He also served as . . . — — Map (db m51441) HM |
| On Main Street at 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Carthage’s historic courthouse square was the control center of a major Federal base from 1863 to 1865 in the fight to control the Upper Cumberland
River region. When Union Gen. George Crook arrived in Carthage to stay in 1863, he commandeered the . . . — — Map (db m68353) HM |
| On Fort Donelson Park Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | (Front):This shaft is dedicated as an altar of remembrance to the Confederate soldiers who fought at Fort Donelson February, 1862 by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Tennessee "There is no holier spot of ground than where defeated valor . . . — — Map (db m38085) HM |
| On Bristol Highway (State Highway 126) west of Anderson Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Dedicated to
the memory of the
Confederate soldiers
of
Sullivan County
Tennessee
War of 1861-65
Battle of Blountville
Sunday September 22,
1863 — — Map (db m158034) WM |
| On Long Hollow Pike east of Upper Station Camp Creek Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This is the home of four brothers who served in the Confederate army, as did many of Sumner County’s young men. Their father, William F. Clark, a Protestant minister, died in 1847 at the age of forty-one, leaving his wife, Emma Douglass Clark, to . . . — — Map (db m82973) WM |
| On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Locust Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. |
| | Built by John Bowen prior to 1820 and purchased in 1822 by William Trousdale, Governor of Tennessee, 1849-1851. He fought in the War of 1812, and the Creek, Seminole, and Mexican Wars, and was brevetted brigadier-general by President Polk in 1848. . . . — — Map (db m68415) HM |
| On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Locust Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. |
| | This was the home of William Trousdale (1790-1872), governor of Tennessee (1849-1851) and U.S. minister to Brazil (1853-1857). During the Union army’s occupation of Gallatin from 1862 to 1870, its commanders regarded former governor Trousdale as the . . . — — Map (db m68416) HM |
| On Unaka Way Street at Ohio Avenue on Unaka Way Street. |
| | (Front): To those who died for a sacred cause, and to those who lived to win a nobler victory in time of peace. (Side): Whose fidelity, whose purity, whose courage, whose gentle genius in love and in counsel. Kept the home secure, the . . . — — Map (db m23142) HM |
| On Carnton Lane 0.3 miles south of Brandon Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
| | After the Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864, the Union Army withdrew into Nashville. Casualties of over 8,000 Union and Confederate soldiers lay upon the field. In pursuit of the withdrawing Union forces, Confederate General John Bell Hood . . . — — Map (db m69042) HM |
| On Public Square at 3rd Avenue, in the median on Public Square. |
| | (Front):
Erected to Confederate Soldiers
by Franklin Chapter No. 14,
Daughters of the Confederacy,
Nov. 30, A.D. 1899.
(Right panel):
We, who saw and knew them well,
are witnesses to coming ages
of their valor and . . . — — Map (db m141707) WM |
| On Cumberland Street at Main Street on Cumberland Street. |
| | Erected in Honor of the Confederate Veterans of Wilson County and all other true southern soldiers 1861-1865
(Side bar) General Robert Hatton’s statue is atop of the monument.
(Bronze plaque at the base of the monument)
Gen. . . . — — Map (db m83066) WM |
| On East Park Avenue at Crocket Road (U.S. 287), on the right when traveling west on East Park Avenue. |
| | (Front):John H. Reagan (Right):"The Old Roman's highest ambition was to do his full duty; consciousness of having done it was his ample reward." (Left):"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor . . . — — Map (db m17496) HM |
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In recognition of its nurturing
atmosphere for
William Sidney Porter (O. Henry)
Theodore Roosevelt
Sidney Lanier
Oscar Wilde
January 14, 2000
———————
[Marker in the 1859 hotel lobby] . . . — — Map (db m31844) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 521 0.2 miles south of Cannon Road (County Road 51), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Home site of
General Albert Sidney Johnston
Texas patriot - Confederate hero
Erected by San Jacinto Chapter
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
and
Robert E. Lee, Oran M. Roberts and
Jefferson Davis Chapters
United Daughters of the . . . — — Map (db m129402) HM |
| On S. Main Street at E. San Antonio Street, on the right when traveling north on S. Main Street. |
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(Northwest Face of Memorial)
In Memory of
Our Soldiers
(Southeast Face of Memorial)
Tell it as you may
It never can be told,
Sing it as you may
It never can be sung
The story of the glory
Of the men who wore . . . — — Map (db m91554) WM |
| On West Hickory Street west of North State Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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(left column)
Erected by Daughters of the Confederacy in memory of our Confederate soldiers, who in heroic self-sacrifice and devoted loyalty gave their manhood and their lives to the South in her hour of need.
(right column) . . . — — Map (db m108519) WM |
| On Interstate 45 Frontage Road, on the left when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | Virginia Point, the site of an important railroad bridge which provided the only connection between the Texas mainland and Galveston Island in the mid-19th century, played an integral role in the Confederate defense of Galveston during the Civil . . . — — Map (db m35931) HM |
| On St. George Street east of St. Joseph Street (Business U.S. 183), on the right when traveling east. |
| | To the Women
of
the Confederacy
whose hearts bled, whose
hands healed, whose pride
was crucified, yet who
were never conquered by
the bitterness of war
nor the devastation of
the Reconstruction.
To their glorious memory . . . — — Map (db m128349) WM |
| On Houston Street (State Highway 56) west of Travis Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| |
under the auspices of the Ex-Confederate Association of Grayson Co. Tex.
Organized July 21, 1888
Changed to
Mildred Lee Camp U.C.V. May 21, 1892.
Sacred to the memory of our Confederate Dead: true patriots. They fought for home and . . . — — Map (db m73252) HM |
| Near Bagby Street at Lamar Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Spirit of the Confederacy
Erected by the Robert E. LeeChapter N. 186 U.D.C.January 1908To all the heroes of the South who fought for the principles of States rights. Monument Committee Julia H Franklin, Bettie P. Mutcheson, Ella H. Sydnor, . . . — — Map (db m117428) WM |
| On South Gulfway Drive (State Highway 87), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Commemorating
the feat of
Dick Dowling
and his forty two Irish patriots
Sabine Pass, Texas.
1861 C.S.A. 1865
"September the 8th 1863, an army of fifteen thousand Federals attacked the small fort at the Pass; the brave little garrison . . . — — Map (db m118815) HM WM |
| On North 13th Street near West 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (On plaque on south side of base:) The Call to Arms Erected 1907 by Navarro chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy To commemorate the valor and heroism of our Confederate Soldiers It is not in the power of mortals to command success . . . — — Map (db m61945) WM |
| On North Jefferson Avenue at West 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on North Jefferson Avenue. |
| |
North face:
CSA
1861 1865
Confederate
Soldiers
To the heroes of
1861 – 1865
Not dead, but living
in deeds,
such lives aspire.
East face:
As long as honor or courage
is cherished, the deeds of . . . — — Map (db m120488) WM |
| On West Milam Street (State Highway 60) at South Houston Street, on the left when traveling west on West Milam Street. |
| | Front:
"Lest We Forget"
1861-1865
Dedicated to the Confederate veterans of Wharton County by the J.E.B. Stuart Chapter Daughters of Confederacy
Commanders of Buchel Camp
Col. I.N. Dennis
Capt. G.C. Duncan
R.M. Brown . . . — — Map (db m122254) WM |
| On Wilbarger Street (Business U.S. 287) at Main Street (U.S. 183), on the right when traveling west on Wilbarger Street. |
| | In Honor
of those who fought
and died; of those
who fought and lived
This monument is
erected by the Daughters
of the Confederacy of
Vernon Texas
A.D. 1916
1861-1865 — — Map (db m128762) WM |
| On East Main Street (Virginia Route 6) just east of Valley Street (Virginia Route 20), on the right when traveling east. |
| | At 3 p.m. on Monday, March 6, 1865, the first of Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan’s 10,000 cavalrymen under Gens. Wesley Merritt, Thomas Devin, and George A. Custer entered Scottsville unopposed. To accomplish their mission—destroy the
James . . . — — Map (db m17844) HM |
| On Hardware Street (Virginia Route 795) 0 miles north of Valley Street (Virginia Route 20). |
| | In memory of the soldiers who died in the Confederate General Hospital in Scottsville
1862-1863
Beattie, F.M. Co. H 23 NC
Boyle, Andrew Co. D 41 VA
Brashear, Denis P. Co. E 4 AL
Clark, Henry Co. E 15 AL
Clark, Hosey L. Co. F 2 MS . . . — — Map (db m22784) HM |
| Near Selma Low Moor Road (Virginia Route 696) 0.2 miles west of Oakland Drive (Virginia Route 1002), on the right when traveling west. |
| | In continuous use as a place of worship except for a period between 1861 and 1865 when it was used as a hospital for a contingent of General T.J. (Stonewall) Jackson's troops encamped nearby.
A monument in the churchyard marks the graves of . . . — — Map (db m46379) HM |
| Near Washington Street at Court Street. |
| | This mortar belonged to the battery cammanded by Captain J.N. Lamkin. On July 30, 1864, at the “Crater”, the battery helped check the Union advance until Mahone came up. Four mortars were captured near Flat Creek in Lee’s Retreat, April . . . — — Map (db m18873) HM |
| Near East Court Street at Goodwin Street when traveling east. |
| | Confederate Soldiers
1861 - 1865
To the memory of
The Sons of Amherst County
who from 1861 to 1865
upheld in arms the cause
of Virginia and the South,
who fell in battle
or died from wounds,
and survivors of the war
who as . . . — — Map (db m67324) WM |
| On Appomattox Court House NHP entrance road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Here on Sunday April 9, 1865, after four years of heroic struggle in defense of principles believed fundamental to the existence of our government Lee surrendered 9000 men the remnant of an army still unconquered in spirit. — — Map (db m156471) HM |
| | Panel 1: "Not for fame or reward, not for place or for rank; not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity; but in simple obedience to duty as they understood it; these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died."
Panel . . . — — Map (db m11807) HM |
| On Battlefield Road (Virginia Route 608), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Here on June 5, 1864, was fought the Battle of Piedmont for the possession of Staunton.
Union Forces under Gen. David Hunter 12,015 men and suffered a loss of 130 killed and 650 wounded. Confederate forces numbering 5,600 men under Gen. W.E.Jones . . . — — Map (db m80297) HM |
| On East Main Street (Business U.S. 460) at Court Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| | Deo Vindice
To the Confederate
Soldiers and Sailors of
Bedford County. 1861-1865
Bedford honors her heroes;
proudly rejoicing with the living;
sincerely mourning the dead.
Their history is it's brightest page,
exhibiting the . . . — — Map (db m43042) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 34) at Russell Street (State Highway 113), on the right when traveling west on State Street. |
| | Presented by Col. J.M.Barker of Bristol, Tenn. to the Chapter of the U.D.C. in memory of the brave men and noble women of Tennessee and Virginia from 1861 to 1865 — — Map (db m23143) HM |
| On Court Square near 5th Street NE. Reported permanently removed. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m25955) HM |
| On North Main Street (Business U.S. 15) at East Cameron Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | On this site stood the house in which Maj. John Pelham, C.S.A. died on March 17, 1863. Erected by The Culpeper Chapter U.D.C. in 1958 — — Map (db m132097) HM WM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 301) south of Spring Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | To the
Confederate Soldiers
of Greensville County
1861.-1865.
Who, in defence of rights
they believed sacred,
took up arms against
the invaders of Virginia.
"The glory dies not and
the grief is past."
(back) . . . — — Map (db m19065) HM |
| Near Main Street (Virginia Route 236). |
| | Here on the night of March 8th, 1863, Col. John Singleton Mosby with 29 Confederate soldiers penetrated the Union lines of 3000 men and captured in the brick dwelling north of this spot Brig. General Edwin H. Stoughton, U.S.A., with 100 prisoners . . . — — Map (db m6246) HM |
| On Fairfax Boulevard (Lee Highway) (U.S. 50/29) west of Spring Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Peyton Anderson of the Rappahannock Cavalry was severely wounded on picket duty 122 ft. N.W. of this spot May 27, 1861.
The first soldier of the South to shed his blood for the Confederacy. — — Map (db m129267) HM |
| Near Great Falls Street at Chain Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Graduate U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1837, 8th in Class Resigned Commission to serve with Confederate Army May 1861-April 1865 Adjutant General to General Albert S. Johnston Commanded at Island No. 10, taken prisoner, later exchanged . . . — — Map (db m20398) HM |
| On Rokeby Road (County Route 623) at Winchester Road (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling east on Rokeby Road. |
| | On July 19, 1861 Stonewall Jackson’s brigade of General Joseph E. Johnston’s corps marched to this station from Winchester. They crowded into freight and cattle cars and travelled to the 1st Battle of Manassas. The use of a railroad to carry more . . . — — Map (db m642) HM |
| On East Main Street (Virginia Route 55) 0.4 miles east of Virginia Route 622, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In memory of our Confederate Dead. — — Map (db m151315) WM |
| On Valley Pike (U.S. 11) at Belle Grove Road (County Route 727), on the right when traveling south on Valley Pike. |
| | Esse Quam Videri
Northwest of this tablet, 800 yards, is the Belle Grove House in which died, October 20, 1864, of wounds received at Cedar Creek October 19, 1864, Maj.-Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur, C.S.A. A native of North Carolina, he . . . — — Map (db m18684) HM |
| On Hanover Street near Sunken Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | December 13, 1862 the Confederates under Lee defeated the Federals under Burnside in a sanguinary conflict marked by extraordinary bravery on both sides. In a series of gallant charges the Federal army sustained heavy losses and Burnside was forced . . . — — Map (db m4762) HM |
| On Princess Anne Street (U.S. 17-BR) at George Street, on the right when traveling south on Princess Anne Street. |
| | Gen. Stonewall Jackson, by Gen. Lee’s request, on this corner, planned the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Nov. 27, 1862. U.D.C — — Map (db m7976) HM |
| On Sunken Road 0.1 miles south of Mercer Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| |
Here lived
Mrs. Martha Stevens
Friend of the
Confederate Soldier
1861-1865
— — Map (db m148436) HM WM |
| On Sophia Street near Hawke Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Federals crossed here on
Pontoon Bridge,
Dec 12-13, 1862 — — Map (db m5378) HM |
| Near Black Walnut Road (County Route 600) 0.5 miles north of Fort Hill Trail. |
| | The Battle of Staunton River Bridge
was fought here June 25, 1864
Capt. Benj. L. Farinholt 53rd Va. Inf. with
296 men reinforced by 642 citizens
and soldiers from Halifax Charlotte
and Mecklenburg counties Virginia
Defeated
Col. . . . — — Map (db m20253) HM |
| Near West Queens Way at High Court Lane. |
| | (front)
1861-1865
Our
Confderate
Dead
(rear)
Erected by
Hampton Chapter, No.19
Daughters of the
Confederacy
Unveiled Oct. 29, 1901 — — Map (db m33872) WM |
| Near Turner Ashby Lane 0.2 miles north of Neff Avenue. |
| | On June 6, 1862, the vanguard of Union Gen. John C. Frémont’s force, pursuing Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s army south up the Shenandoah Valley, reached this point near Harrisonburg. Jackson’s rear guard, led by Gen. . . . — — Map (db m15752) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 11) at Port Republic Road, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m14281) HM |
| Near East Market Street (U.S. 33) at Reservoir Street. |
| | During the Civil War, Woodbine Cemetery was Harrisonburg’s principal burial ground. Chartered in March 1850, it opened later that year after the city’s first mayor, Isaac Hardesty, sold 2.5 acres of his property to the cemetery company. The need for . . . — — Map (db m39333) HM |
| On East Ridge Road 0.1 miles west of Three Chopt Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | April 3, 1953
Erected in memory of the Confederate veterans of this locality by the Chesterfield Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The original Ridge Baptist Church building was used as a hospital during the War Between the . . . — — Map (db m32341) HM |
| On Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) at Route 678, on the left when traveling west on Highland Turnpike. |
| | May 8, 1862, one mile southeast, Jackson and Edward Johnson, C.S.A. defeated Milroy and Schenck, U.S.A.
This church served both Blue and Gray as a hospital. — — Map (db m62929) HM |
| Near U.S. 250, on the left when traveling west. |
| |
Federals in action 4000, killed and wounded 256.
Confederates in action 2500, killed and wounded 498.
Confederate Officers Killed
Captains Lieutentants
Samuel Dawson John K. Goldwire
William L. Furlow . . . — — Map (db m4283) HM |
| On High Street (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m16663) HM |
| Near Weston Lane 0.2 miles west of North 21st Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
A Tribute
to the Heroic Women of the South
1861 — 1865
"Love maketh memory eternal"
— — Map (db m149569) WM |
| On West Randolph Road at West Cawson Street, on the right when traveling east on West Randolph Road. |
| | (shaft)
Dedicated to the glory of God in memory of our Confederate soldiers who fought in the War Between the States 1861-1865
Erected by the City Point Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy 1949
(base)
Standing . . . — — Map (db m25011) HM |
| Near Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In Memory of General Lee’s Beloved Traveller Rarely has an animal captured so much affection. Traveller, first called Jeff Davis and later Greenbrier, was born in 1857 near Blue Sulphur Springs (now in West Virginia). In 1862, Lee purchased him . . . — — Map (db m58695) HM |
| On Washington Street north of Lee Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The last home of Traveller Through war and peace the faithful, devoted and beloved horse of General Robert E. Lee Placed by the Virginia Division United Daughters of Confederacy — — Map (db m58609) HM |
| Near Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | War horse of Gen. T. J. Jackson Placed by Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy July 30, 1997 — — Map (db m58697) HM |
| On S Main Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Field Marshal the Right Honorable Viscount Wolseley, K.P., G.C.B., G.M., G.C.M.G. British soldier of the highest rank, says: “The fame of Stonewall Jackson is no longer the exclusive property of Virginia and the South; it has become the . . . — — Map (db m58730) HM |
| On East Washington Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This typical Federal-style town house, with a later stone addition, was the home of Thomas Jonathan Jackson and his wife, Mary Anna. They lived here with five of their six slaves before the Civil War.
After her husband’s death in 1863, Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m15638) HM |
| Near Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Traveller Horse of Gen. Robert E. Lee Placed by Virginia Div UDC May 8, 1971 [ Second Marker : ] Traveller’s Grave This renovation and landscaping honors Anne Wilson in appreciation for her service to Washington and Lee as the . . . — — Map (db m58611) HM |
| On Louisa Road (U.S. 33) at Trevilians Square, on the right when traveling east on Louisa Road. |
| | — Fought here June 11, 12, 1864 — Confederate Gens. Wade Hampton, Fitzhugh Lee and Thomas L. Rosser, victors over Federal Gens. P.H. Sheridan and G.A. Custer 5000 Confederates, 8000 Federal Casualties Confederate 612, Federal 1,007 . . . — — Map (db m156005) HM |
| On Court Street at Ninth Street, on the right when traveling west on Court Street. |
| |
(front)
1861—1865
Our Confederate Soldiers
(rear)
Erected by the
Daughters of the Confederacy
of
Lynchburg, Virginia
in 1899,
to commemorate the heroism
of our Confederate Soldiers
(side)
Kirk . . . — — Map (db m54488) HM |
| On Clay Street at Seventh Street, on the left when traveling north on Clay Street. |
| | This tablet marks the location of the gun house of
Latham's Battery.
Organized May 28th, 1860. Left Lynchburg on the 23rd of April, 1861 and was mustered into the service of the C.S.A. on the 25th of April, 1861 with 95 men on roll; was . . . — — Map (db m54376) HM |
| On East Main Street at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | Gloria Victis
1861-1865
Henry honors her heroes
Defeated yet without scar
Erected by Mildred Lee Chapter.
No. 74, U.D.C.,
To the true Confederate soldiers of Henry — — Map (db m66089) WM |
| Near Williams Wharf Road (Virginia Route 614) 0.4 miles west of New Point Comfort Highway (Virginia Route 14). |
| | Captain Sally L. Tompkins
C.S.A.
Born at Poplar Grove, Mathews Co., VA.
November 9, 1833.
Died at Richmond, VA., July 25, 1916.
In grateful appreciation of her
services in maintaining the Roberston
Hospital at Richmond, VA., from . . . — — Map (db m30127) HM |
| On Church Street (Virginia Route 611) at Court Street (Virginia Route 1002) on Church Street. |
| | 1861-1865
Our Confederate Soldiers
In memory of the
Soldiers and Sailors
of Mathews County Va.
Erected by the
Lane Diggs camp C.V.
and the Sallie Thompkins
Chapter U.D.C. — — Map (db m30129) HM |
| On General Puller Highway (Virginia Route 17) near Gloucester Road (Virginia Route 33). |
| | To commemorate the valor and patriotism of the men, and the devotion and sacrifice of the women of Middlesex in defense of their liberties and their homes. — — Map (db m14111) HM |
| On Old Grist Mill Lane at Warwick Blvd (U.S. 60), on the left when traveling west on Old Grist Mill Lane. |
| | Earthworks on the hillside above mark the southernmost of three fortified cross-peninsula defense lines built by Confederate Gen. John B. Magruder in the spring of 1862 and extending three miles from Deep Creek here at Young’s Mill, to the Poquoson . . . — — Map (db m10175) HM |
| On Constitution Way, on the left when traveling east. |
| | A stalwart defense of the Warwick River by units of the 15th North Carolina, 7th Georgia and 2nd Louisiana Infantry, C.S.A., commanded by General J.B. Magruder is commemorated here. The defensive line extending across the Virginia Peninsula was held . . . — — Map (db m10340) HM |
| On Campsite Drive at Jefferson Avenue (Virginia Route 143), on the right when traveling north on Campsite Drive. |
| | U.S. Military Academy graduate, 1830, Virginia-born 'Prince John' Magruder served with distinction in the Mexican War. In 1861 he resigned as Colonel, USA and joined the Confederacy. In the Civil War's first planned battle, his forces were . . . — — Map (db m33996) HM |
| On Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60) at Huntington Avenue, in the median on Warwick Boulevard. |
| | Operated by the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on land leased from the Old Dominion Land Co. In both World Wars I and II, Camp Hill was named for Confederate Lt. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, C.S.A. During World War I, its over 200 buildings could house . . . — — Map (db m33966) HM |
| On Roanoke Avenue at 16th Street, in the median on Roanoke Avenue. |
| | In World War 1, Camp Stuart, named for Confederate General 'JEB' Stuart (1833-1864), was America's largest troop handling facility. It was run by Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation July 1917 to Sept. 1919 on 300 acres leased from the Old Dominion . . . — — Map (db m33951) HM |
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