About: Confederate Memorial (Romney, West Virginia)

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The Confederate Memorial (also referred to as the First Confederate Memorial) at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the American Civil War while fighting for the Confederate States of America. It was sponsored by the Confederate Memorial Association, which formally dedicated the monument on September 26, 1867. The town of Romney has claimed that this is the first memorial structure erected to memorialize the Confederate dead in the United States and that the town performed the nation's first public decoration of Confederate graves on June 1, 1866.

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  • The Confederate Memorial (also referred to as the First Confederate Memorial) at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the American Civil War while fighting for the Confederate States of America. It was sponsored by the Confederate Memorial Association, which formally dedicated the monument on September 26, 1867. The town of Romney has claimed that this is the first memorial structure erected to memorialize the Confederate dead in the United States and that the town performed the nation's first public decoration of Confederate graves on June 1, 1866. The idea to memorialize the Confederate war dead of Hampshire County was first discussed in the spring of 1866. Following the decoration of the graves that summer, the Confederate Memorial Association engaged in fundraising for construction of the memorial, and by 1867 the necessary funds were raised. The inscription The Daughters of Old Hampshire Erect This Tribute of Affection to Her Heroic Sons Who Fell in Defence of Southern Rights was selected, and the contract for the memorial's construction was awarded to the Gaddes Brothers firm of Baltimore. The memorial's components were delivered to Indian Mound Cemetery on September 14, 1867, and the memorial was dedicated on September 26 of that year. The construction of the Confederate Memorial marked the beginning of an era of post-war revitalization for Hampshire County following the American Civil War. The memorial comprises a base with obelisk and capstone, standing on a raised mound. The list of 125 names engraved on the monument includes four captains, seven lieutenants (one of which was a chaplain), three sergeants, and 119 privates. The memorial underwent a restoration in 1984, and is decorated annually with a handmade evergreen garland and wreath on Hampshire County Confederate Memorial Day. (en)
  • El Monumento Conmemorativo Confederado (en inglés, Confederate Memorial) es un monumento situado en el en la ciudad de Romney, en el estado de Virginia Occidental (Estados Unidos). Conmemora a los residentes del condado de Hampshire que murieron durante la Guerra de Secesión mientras luchaban por los Estados Confederados de América. Fue patrocinado por la Asociación del Monumento Confederado, que lo dedicó formalmente el 26 de septiembre de 1867. La idea de conmemorar a los muertos de guerra confederados del condado de Hampshire se discutió por primera vez en la primavera de 1866. Tras la decoración de las tumbas ese verano, la Asociación del Monumento Confederado se comprometió a recaudar fondos para la construcción del monumento, y así lo hizo en 1867. Se seleccionó la inscripción Las hijas de Old Hampshire erigieron este tributo de afecto a sus heroicos hijos que cayeron en defensa de los derechos del sur, y el contrato para la construcción se adjudicó a la firma Gaddes Brothers de Baltimore. Los componentes del monumento se entregaron al cementerio Indian Mound el 14 de septiembre de 1867 y el monumento se dedicó el 26 de septiembre de ese año. Esto marcó el comienzo de una era de revitalización de posguerra para el condado de Hampshire después de la Guerra de Secesión. El monumento consta de una base con un obelisco y una piedra angular, de pie sobre un montículo elevado. Tiene una lista con 125 nombres grabados que incluye cuatro capitanes, siete tenientes (uno de los cuales era capellán), tres sargentos y 119 soldados rasos. El monumento se restauró en 1984 y se decora anualmente con una guirnalda y una corona de hojas perennes hechas a mano en el Día de la Recordación Confederada del Condado de Hampshire. (es)
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  • The Confederate Memorial in 2010 (en)
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  • the men of Hampshire County who died fighting for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. (en)
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  • Gaddes Brothers of Baltimore, Maryland (en)
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  • Robert White ' and his brother Christian Streit White ' were among the first residents of Romney to conceive of the idea for a Confederate memorial. (en)
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  • Colonel Robert White.jpg (en)
  • Captain C. S. White.jpg (en)
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  • "The Daughters of Old Hampshire Erect This Tribute of Affection to Her Heroic Sons Who Fell in Defence of Southern Rights." (en)
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  • Confederate Memorial (en)
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  • The Confederate Memorial (also referred to as the First Confederate Memorial) at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the American Civil War while fighting for the Confederate States of America. It was sponsored by the Confederate Memorial Association, which formally dedicated the monument on September 26, 1867. The town of Romney has claimed that this is the first memorial structure erected to memorialize the Confederate dead in the United States and that the town performed the nation's first public decoration of Confederate graves on June 1, 1866. (en)
  • El Monumento Conmemorativo Confederado (en inglés, Confederate Memorial) es un monumento situado en el en la ciudad de Romney, en el estado de Virginia Occidental (Estados Unidos). Conmemora a los residentes del condado de Hampshire que murieron durante la Guerra de Secesión mientras luchaban por los Estados Confederados de América. Fue patrocinado por la Asociación del Monumento Confederado, que lo dedicó formalmente el 26 de septiembre de 1867. (es)
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