This small obelisk is located along Route 480 south of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. It commemorates the place of death of Col. James H. Drake of the 1st Virginia Cavalry who was killed on July 16, 1863 in a series of engagements in Jefferson County…
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…
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-…
This monument features at its apex a Union soldier holding the barrel of a rifle (which is pointed downwards) with both hands. The soldier stands upon a pedestal accented with swag-drapery and two ribboned laurel crowns hanging on either side, under…
This monument features a central pediment with the angel of liberty (dressed in a robe, carrying a shield in her right arm and a sword in her left) and two seated soldiers, one on the west side of the pedestal and the other on the east side. The West…