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Title
Accomack County Confederate Monument (, Virginia)
Description
The Accomack County Confederate Monument, erected in the town of Parksley, honors the Confederate volunteers from Accomack and Northampton counties. This standing soldier statue has an interesting history, as it was a product of intercounty disputes. The original campaign for the monument was initiated by a local newspaper in 1898 and called for the monument's erection at the county seat in Accomac. Nearby Parksley, however, advocated to house the monument and eventually secured their bid. The monument, a private soldier standing at parade rest surmounting a plinth, still stands in Parklsey. Recent efforts to remove the statue revealed that the town does not, and has never, owned the monument.
Creator
Gaddess Bros., Baltimore
Source
american
Contributor
cmm43@st-andrews.ac.uk
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
2106
Date Created
1898-11-19
Date Issued
1899-10-20
Extent
0m x 0m x 9.144m
Spatial Coverage
current,37.784183,;
Europeana
Country
United States of America
Europeana Data Provider
Accomack County Confederate Monument
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Accomack_County_Confederate_Monument
Monument Type
Statue - standing soldier
Erected by
HARMANSON-WEST CAMP CONFEDERATE VOLUNTEERS or United Confederate Veterans
Funded by
City of Parksley
Material
Bronze, copper, granite
Inscription
1861 1865 [seal of Virginia] ERECTED BY HARMANSON-WEST CAMP CONFEDERATE VOLUNTEERS IN MEMORY OF THEIR DEAD COMRADES FROM ACCOMACK AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES [bronze plaque] UNVEILED OCTOBER 20, 1899 "" 1861 1865 THEY DIED FOR THE PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH ALL TRUE REPUBLICS ARE FOUNDED "" 1861 1865 [C.S.A. battle flag] THEY FOUGHT FOR CONSCIENCE SAKE AND DIED FOR RIGHT "" 1861 1865 AT THE CALL OF PATRIOTISM AND DUTY, THEY ENCOUNTERED THE PERILS OF THE FIELD AND WERE FAITHFUL EVEN UNTO DEATH
State
Virginia
County
Accomack
Affiliation
Confederate