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 Orange County Confederate Monument - Orange VA
N 38° 14.711 W 078° 06.679
17S E 752797 N 4236965
A monument honoring soldiers from Orange County, Virginia who fought and died for the Confederacy stands on the grounds of the courthouse.
Waymark Code: WMGHC8
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2013
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After the Civil War, erecting monuments in remembrance of the fallen and the 'lost cause' became an important Confederate tradition. In the mid-1880s through the '90s, many Southern towns chose to move their memorials out of the cemeteries and place monuments along city streets and on courthouse lawns where they would occupy a more prominent place in public. Typically, the monuments had a lone soldier on top who stood at ease with a rifle resting on the ground. The monument which sits on the grounds of the Orange County Courthouse in the town of Orange, Virginia is an example of this. It was unveiled in 1900. An archival photo of the monument can be seen on pg.130 of Ghosts of the Confederacy. The soldier is a zinc statue which sits atop a stone shaft and base. Inscribed on the base are the names of Confederate soldiers from Orange County who lost their lives in the War. (Click on thumbnail for larger picture.) | ORANGE COUNTY
[State Seal of Virginia]
CONFEDERATE DEAD
THEY FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT.
THEY DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
CHERISH THEIR MEMORY.
IMITATE THEIR EXAMPLE. |  | CO. C. 7TH. VA. INF'TY.
THOS.DAVIS,WM.DAVIS,L.J.DEMPSEY,ROBT.ENGLAND,
C.W.HEFLIN,DANIEL MOORE,J.W.PANNILL,EDW'D.WEBB,
J.E.WEBB,L.H.WILLIS,GORDON WILLIS,B.P.WILLIS.
CO. E. 7TH. VA. INF'TY.
JOHN JACOBS,STEPHEN Mc QUADE.
CO. I. 6TH. VA. CAV.
CAPT.W.J.MORTON,LIEUT.J.T.MANN,LIEUT.CHAS.B.BROWN,
JOS.BAKER,J.W.DUNN,W.R.PROCTOR,J.B.REYNOLDS,
C.R.THOMPSON,R.L.THOMPSON.
ORANGE ARTILLERY
JOS.ADAMS,EDW'D. COATES,J.T.DANIEL,CHAS.DAVIS,
J.GILLISPIE,EDW'D.HERRING,WM.JONES,R.KNIGHTEN,
A.LEATHERS,J.T.NEWMAN,J.W.RACER,GARRETT SCHOOLER,
G.W.WHITLOCK.
WISE ARTILLERY
JOHN DAVIS,J.O.HERNDON,W.W.HERNDON,BEN'J.JACOBS,
PHILIP LEWIS,WM.LANCASTER,JOHN NEWMAN,
J.H.SULLIVAN,ROBT.SULLIVAN.
W.B.MANSFIELD. CO. C. 13TH, VA. INF'TY. |  | CO. A. 13TH. VA.INF'TY.
CAPT.C.O.COOK,LIEUT.W.S.NEWMAN,L.T.BROCKMAN,
ASA BROCKMAN,IRA BROCKMAN,R.F.BERNARD,
T.R.BLEDSOE,C.M.BURRUS,R.H.BURRUS,
J.T.BURRUS,R.C.DOWNER,C.E.DIGGS,WM.DIGGS,
E.M.FRY,T.L.GOODWIN,G.W.HOWARD,U.S.JACKSON
J.T.LAYTON,C.J.MILLER,J.W.MOORE,JAS.O'NEAL
R.POWELL,H.P.POWELL,W.B.PEAKE,JOHN PRATT
M.ROBINSON,B.M.ROGERS,P.H.SCOTT,
T.T.SLAUGHTER,JAS.SIZER,E.STAPLES,W.T.SISSON,
A.B.THOMAS,J.T.WILLEROY,R.G.WILLIS,W.T.WRIGHT.
CO. C. 13TH. VA. INF'TY.
J.W.ANDERSON,J.N.BEALE,JOHN BRAGG, JOHN BIBB,
YELVERTON COWHERD,CHAS.COWHERD,JOHN FEAGAN,
JOHN HALE,G.W.MAGRUDER,RICHARD MOORE,
THOS.NOLAN,J.H.NEWMAN,MELTON OMAHUNDRO,
W.W.PARRISH,JOHN PANNILL,W.R.QUARLES,
LEWIS ROBINSON,EDW'D.ROBINSON.
CO. F. 13TH. VA. INF'TY.
CAPT.W.S.PARRAN,CAPT.A.J.EHEART,V.C.BROOKING,
ANGUS BLEDSOE,BELFIELD BROCKMAN,FRANK BECK,
BEN'J.CARPENTER,F.M.CAMPBELL,J.S.CHEWNING,
WALKER ESTES,GEO.FULLER,B.F.HERNDON,JOHN HARVEL,
THOS.HARVEY,OWEN ROURKE,JERRY SHOTWELL,
JOHN STOCKDALE,WM.THOMPSON,BEN'J.WAYLAND
DAVIS WHITELAW. |  | COL.L.B.WILLIAMS,JR.
CAPT.R.S.ELLIS,JR.
JOHN SUTHERLAND.
J.W. SUTHERLAND.
G.W. FARROTT.
PETER CARPENTER.
T.H.NEWMAN.
R.C.TALIAFERRO.
F.W.TALIAFERRO.
J.B.STANARD.
THOS.A.B.SCOTT.
HENRY TERRILL.
CAPT.J.H.MAGRUDER.
JAMES BOSWELL.
WM.COLEMAN.
ARTHUR TINDER | 1ST REG.VA.INF'TY.
CO.C.56TH " " "
" D.30TH " " "
" M.55TH " " "
" D.15TH " " "
" D.13TH " " "
" K.2ND " " CAV.
" F.6TH " " "
4TH " " "
V.M.I.CADET
GRANDY'S ARTILLERY.
RICHMOND HOWITZERS.
LIEUT.J.W.MAGRUDER.
JOHN BOSWELL
JAMES SORRELL. |
ERECTED BY THEIR
COMRADES AND FRIENDS
OCT. 18TH 1900. |
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Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1900
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Comrades and Friends
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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