General Robert E. Lee Monument (Mingo, West Virginia)
Confederate
This statue was erected in memory of Confederate soldiers who died during the 1861 Cheat Mountain Valley campaign of the Civil War. It depicts a standing Confederate soldier holding the barrel of a rifle.
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
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Dedication Date:
1913-07-23
Address:
Randolph County
West Virginia
USA
Inscription:
(Base, West Front:) TO THE MEMORY OF THE/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF/RANDOLPH COUNTY AND VICINITY/THIS INCLUDES ALL SOLDIERS/WHO DIED IN VALLEY MOUNTAIN/IN 1861 WHILE GEN. LEE/WAS ENCAMPED THERE/CAMP PEGRAM NO.1602 U.V.C./VALLEY HEAD, WEST VIRGINIA
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Erected by:
United Confederate Veterans
Funded by:
United Confederate Veterans
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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