C.M. Stedman, Marker I-63
Posted by: 
showbizkid
N 35° 03.636 W 078° 52.655
17S E 693546 N 3881823
This marker commemorates the last Confederate veteran in Congress, C.M. Stedman, who died in office in 1930 at the age of 89.
Waymark Code: WMFAD
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2006
Views: 25
This sums it up best I think:
This is an article from the Confederate Veteran Magazine, March, 1930:
THE LAST CONFEDERATE IN CONGRESS
The announcement that Maj. CHARLES M. STEDMAN, of North Carolina, now eighty-nine years old, is to retire from his post in the Congress of the United States at the end of this term, carries with it the sad thought that he is the last of that band of noble warriors of the South in the sixties who continued to fight her battles in the halls of government after the sound of guns was stilled. For more than twenty years Major Stedman has represented the Old North State in the House, and on occasion his voice has been raised in earnest protest against the criticisms and slurs cast upon the leaders of the Confederacy.
As a dashing soldier of the 44th North Carolina Regiment, Major Stedman fought to the bitter end at Appomattox. And as he was faithful to the last to the Confederacy, so has he been faithful to the last to his comrades and their fame in these later years.
During the Civil War, Stedman served as a private in the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry Company, First North Carolina Regiment, and later as major in the Forty-fourth North Carolina Regiment. He was later Lt. Governor of North Carolina and served in Congress from March 4, 1911 to September 23, 1930. Stedman did not retire as the article above announced. He died in office prior to the end of his term. He is buried at Cross Creek Cemetery.
To record your own visit to this waymark, take and post your own photo of the waymark with your log. Logs must contain an original photo as proof of your visit, please.
Visit Instructions:Photos of your visit to the marker are required, but PLEASE, no old vacation photos taken just because it was there!
Comments about your visit, interesting nearby areas and any significant information you may have on this waymark are encouraged.
Most of all, enjoy the History that North Carolina has to offer! From the Mountains to the Ocean .. it's all here!