Surry Courthouse Common Soldier (Yorktown, Virginia)

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Title

Surry Courthouse Common Soldier (Yorktown, Virginia)

Description

Dedicated in August 1910, the Confederate Monument in front of Surry County Courthouse was erected in the memory of Surry's Confederate soldiers. The monument features a bronze figure of a Confederate cavalryman upon a stone base engraved with the Confederate battle flag and an inscription. Following a unanimous vote amongst the Surry County Board of Supervisors in 2020, the monument is due to be relocated.

Source

american

Language

English

Type

Site

Identifier

2013

Date Created

1909-01-01

Date Issued

1910-08-02

Extent

0m x 0m x 6.4008m

Spatial Coverage

current,37.137856,-76.834609;

Europeana

Country

United States of America

Europeana Data Provider

Surry Courthouse Common Soldier

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Surry_Courthouse_Common_Soldier

Monument Type

Statue - standing soldier

Erected by

Confederate Memorial Association of Surry County

Material

Bronze and stone

Inscription

[C.S.A BATTLE FLAG] OUR HEROES 1861-1865 "" TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF SURRY COUNTY. "" "THAT WE THROUGH LIFE MAY NOT FORGET TO LOVE THE THIN GRAY LINE." "" ERECTED BY THE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION OF SURRY COUNTY A.D. 1909.

State

Virginia

County

Surry

Prim Media

2318

Affiliation

Confederate

City

Yorktown