Remembrance-Richmond National Battlefield Park - Chester VA - American Civil War Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

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Remembrance-Richmond National Battlefield Park--Many of the men, like Major Parker and Lieutenant J. Thompson Brown, returned to their homes in Richmond after the war. Brown became a successful local businessman, and in 188 purchased the ground here in order to preserve the area where the battery spent so much of its service. Sometime before 1906, the surviving members of Parker’s Battery erected the small granite monument here to commemorate their fallen comrades, and to emphasize the battery’s participation in the defense of their homes and capital.

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Right: William M. Evans outlived all the other members of the battery, dying in 1939 at age 92. Here he stands at the monument in 1937 with the battlefield park’s first historian, Floyd Taylor.

Left: The survivors of Parker’s “Boy Company” became very active in veteran’s affairs after the war. At the unveiling of the Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond, Parker’s men crowded around the base of the statue.

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: National Park Service Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate Rating (1-5): Related Website: [Web Link] Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   03/29/2024 Don.Morfe visited it