Giles County Confederate Memorial - Pearisburg, Virginia
N 37° 19.604 W 080° 44.127
17S E 523437 N 4131151
The Giles County Confederate Memorial stands on the grounds of the Giles County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM1P4J
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2007
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The Confederate Memorial stands on the grounds of the Giles County Courthouse in Pearisburg, Virginia. It was near there that Confederate General Henry Heth defeated Union Colonel Rutherford B. Hay and the 23rd Ohio Infantry in May 1862. This is the same Rutherford B. Hayes that went on to become the 19th President of the United States.
The inscription on the monument are the words of President Jefferson Davis:
"It is the duty we owe to the dead, who died for us but whose memories can never die. It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues and rise worthy of their sires. Jefferson Davis."
Date Installed or Dedicated: 07/03/1905
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: The McComas Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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