General Robert E. Lee Monument (Mingo, West Virginia)

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Title

General Robert E. Lee Monument (Mingo, West Virginia)

Description

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.

Type

Site

Identifier

2495

Date Issued

1913-07-23

Extent

m x m x m

Spatial Coverage

current,38.482111,-80.053194;

Europeana

Country

USA

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General Robert E. Lee Monument (Mingo, West Virginia)

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/General_Robert_E._Lee_Monument__Mingo,_West_Virginia_

Monument Type

Statue - standing soldier

Erected by

United Confederate Veterans

Funded by

United Confederate Veterans

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

State

West Virginia

County

Randolph County

Affiliation

Confederate

Town

Mingo

Location Type

Battlefield