Sussex County Confederate Monument (Fort Lee, Virginia)

Sussex County Confederate Monument (Fort Lee, Virginia)

On the occasion of the Civil War semi-centennial, Sussex County sought a way of honoring their Confederate soldiers and the cause for which they fought. The Sussex Confederate Monument was erected by the Sussex United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1912 to serve this aim and faces south towards the county courthouse built in 1828. Created by McNeel Marble Works, the marble monument consists of a private soldier standing at parade rest surmounting a plinth, base, dado, and shaft. The statue's inscription states: "THE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT LIVE ETERNALLY" and details a list of companies organized from Sussex County. While there have been no documented efforts to remove or relocate the monument, four marble cannon balls originally at the corners of the base have been removed.

McNeel Marble Works

american

cmm43@st-andrews.ac.uk

English

Site

2025

1912-11-07

m x m x m

current,36.915472,-77.279551;

United States of America

Sussex County Confederate Monument

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

Statue - standing soldier

Local UDC chapter

Local UDC Chapter

Marble

CSA "THE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT LIVE ETERNALLY." OUR CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS "" [RELIEF OF CROSSED SWORDS, SHEATHED] "" LIST OF COMPANIES ORGANIZED IN AND SENT OUT FROM SUSSEX COUNTY: CO. A, 41ST VA. REG'T, INFANTRY, "SUSSEX SHARP SHOOTERS;" CO. D, 13TH VA. REG'T, CAVALRY; CO. E, 16TH VA. REG'T, INFANTRY; CO. F, 41ST VA. REG'T, ARTILLERY, WISE'S LEGION; CO. H, 13TH VA. REG'T, CAVALRY; "SUSSEX LIGHT DRAGOONS," FOR ROLL OF MEMBERS SEE RECORDS IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. ERECTED BY SUSSEX CHAPTER U.D.C. NOV.-1912 CHAPTER ORGANIZED SEPT. 29, 1909 "" 1861-1865 [CROSSED C.S.A. BATTLE FLAG AND NATIONAL FLAG]

Virginia

Sussex

Confederate

Fort Lee