Confederate Soldiers Memorial Confederate Soldiers Reinterred from Gettysburg - Raleigh NC
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Confederate Soldiers Memorial-Here rest the remains of 137 Confederate soldiers killed in action or mortally wounded during the Gettysburg Campaign. These men represent approximately 1600 North Carolinians who fell during the Campaign.
Waymark Code: WM12V1Z
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2020
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Confederate Soldiers Memorial-Confederate Soldiers Reinterred from Gettysburg— Oakwood Cemetery —Confederate Soldiers Memorial-Here rest the remains of 137 Confederate soldiers killed in action or mortally wounded during the Gettysburg Campaign. These men represent approximately 1600 North Carolinians who fell during the Campaign. North Carolinians accounted for one-third of the total Confederate dead at Gettysburg. These soldiers were reinterred to his location in 1871 under the care of the Wake County Ladies Memorial Association in cooperation with Dr. Rufus Weaver of Pennsylvania.
Gettysburg
Though men deserve, they may not achieve success; the brave will honor the brave, vanquished none the less - Deo Vindice
Location: Memorial is on Oakwood Avenue. The marker is in Oakwood Cemetery in the Confederate Cemetery Section. Raleigh NC 27604
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1999
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Wake County Ladies Memorial Association
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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