This small monumental cross commemorates the fallen Confederate soldiers of the 1861 Battle of Cheat Mountain. The monument sits atop Valley Mountain, where Confederate forces were gathered. It was unveiled in July 1902 before a procession of foot-…
The pedestal is a rough stock of Vermont granite with a bronze tablet at its centre, in which is engraved the Confederate seal and an inscription dedicated to the Confederate dead. Atop the pedestal stands the figure of a Confederate soldier made of…