Ramseur Memorial - Middletown, VA
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Markerman62
N 39° 00.899 W 078° 18.069
17S E 733666 N 4321905
Tribute to a Major-General that died in battle here at Cedar Creek.
Waymark Code: WM13M7Q
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2021
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Northwest of this tablet, 800 yards, is the Belle Grove House in which died, October 20, 1864, of wounds received at Cedar Creek October 19, 1864, Maj.-Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur, C.S.A. A native of North Carolina, he resigned from the United States Army in 1861, and entering the Confederate Sates Army as a Lieutenant rose to rank of Major-General at the age of 27.
North Carolina Historical Commission and the North Carolina Division, U.D.C, 1919
This memorial is located on the side of the road. The granite obelisk with a bronze plaque and cannonballs on top is at Belle Grove Road and Valley Pike. Belle Grove can be seen in the distance.
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Entrance fees (if it applies): None
Type of memorial: Monument
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