North Carolina List of Confederate monuments and memorials

1 north carolina

1.1 monuments

1.1.1 courthouse monuments
1.1.2 other public monuments


1.2 inhabited places
1.3 natural features
1.4 roads
1.5 former

north carolina


zebulon baird vance monument in asheville, north carolina

there @ least 140 public spaces confederate monuments in north carolina.

monuments
courthouse monuments

albemarle: confederate soldiers monument (1925)
asheville:

zebulon baird vance monument, granite obelisk erected in 1896. near obelisk, small granite marker memorializes dixie highway, confederate gen. robert e. lee, , col. john connally, confederate officer wounded @ battle of gettysburg. near buncombe county courthouse entrance, smaller obelisk memorializes confederate soldiers buncombe county fought @ chickamauga , in other civil war battles. monument vandalized in august 2017 , 4 individuals out of 30–40 protesters arrested trying remove crowbars.
monument 60th regiment north carolina volunteers (1905)
memorial plaque lieutenant william henry hardy (1930), first soldier buncombe county fall in war between states


bakersville: mitchell county s confederate dead monument (2011) commemorates 79 men died freedom , independence. , not slavery.
burgaw: confederate soldiers monument (1914)
burnsville: confederate soldiers monument (2009)
clinton: confederate soldiers monument (1916). in honor of confederate soldiers of sampson county bore flag of nation s trust , fell in cause though lost still , died me , you.
columbia: confederate soldiers monument (1902); in appreciation of our faithful slaves


confederate soldiers monument @ old cabarrus county courthouse, concord, north carolina



concord: confederate soldiers monument (1892) @ old cabarrus county courthouse
currituck: confederate soldiers monument our confederate dead 1861–1865 (1918)


the confederate soldiers monument in durham (1924) pulled down during protest in august 2017 , @ least 1 arrest made.



dallas: gaston county confederate soldier monument (2003)
danbury: confederate soldiers monument (1990)
dobson: confederate soldiers monument (2000)
durham: confederate soldiers monument (1924)
elizabeth city: confederate soldiers monument (1911)
gastonia: confederate soldiers monument, gaston county courthouse, dedicated november 21, 1912
graham: confederate soldiers monument (1914), alamance county courthouse
greenville: confederate soldiers monument (1914)
hendersonville: confederate soldiers monument (1905)
hertford: confederate soldiers monument (1912)
laurinburg: confederate soldiers monument (1912)
lincolnton: confederate soldiers memorial drinking fountain (1911)
louisburg: confederate memorial drinking fountain (1923) dedicated orren randolph smith, designed stars , bars, first official flag of confederacy
lumberton: confederate soldiers monument (1907)
marion: veterans memorial
morganton: confederate soldiers monument @ old courthouse (1918)
newton: catawba county confederate soldiers monument (1907), old catawba county courthouse


old chatham county courthouse, pittsboro, north carolina (1908)



pittsboro: confederate soldiers monument (1907), old chatham county courthouse; erected winnie davis chapter, udc
plymouth: battle of plymouth monument (1928) @ washington county courthouse
roxboro:

confederate monument (1931)
confederate soldiers monument, person county courthouse, erected in 1922, udc


rutherfordton: confederate soldiers monument (1910)
shelby: confederate soldiers monument (1907) @ old courthouse
snow hill: confederate soldiers monument (1929)
statesville: confederate soldiers monument (1906) @ iredell county courthouse
taylorsville: confederate soldiers monument (1958)
trenton: confederate soldiers monument (1960)
wadesboro:

confederate soldiers monument (1906)
confederate women monument (1934)


warrenton: confederate soldiers monument (1913)
waynesville: confederate soldiers monument (1940)
wilkesboro: confederate soldiers monument (1998)
wilson: memorial drinking fountain (1926)
winston-salem: confederate soldiers monument (1905), forsyth county courthouse
winton: confederate soldiers monument (1913)

other public monuments

silent sam in chapel hill



confederate soldiers monument (1868) in fayetteville



lenoir, north carolina



lexington, north carolina (ca. 1920)



new bern, north carolina



henry lawson wyatt in raleigh, north carolina



confederate graves , monument, historic oakwood cemetery, raleigh



gloria victis, salisbury



asheboro: confederate soldiers monument (1911)
asheville: confederate soldiers monument (1903), newton academy cemetery
beaufort: confederate soldiers monument (1926), carteret county courthouse
unincorporated cabarrus county, near concord: stonewall jackson youth development center (a correctional facility)
chapel hill: silent sam (1913), university of north carolina @ chapel hill. in august 2017, hundreds of protesters gathered @ statue, calling removal, , thousands signed change.org petition remove silent sam. university chancellor carol folt stated if university remove statue could, state law prohibited it. north carolina governor roy cooper advised university of north carolina president margaret spellings university remove statue if there real risk public safety.
charlotte:

confederate soldiers monument (1977)
jefferson davis plaque (1960)
last meetings of confederate cabinet marker (1915)
1929 confederate reunion marker (1929)
judah p. benjamin memorial erected in honor temple israel , temple beth el, jewish congregations of charlotte, gift north carolina division, united daughters of confederacy (1948)


concord:

confederate soldiers monument (1892)
jefferson davis camp marker, showing davis hitched horse tree stood on spot (1941)


edenton: confederate soldiers monument (1909); moved courthouse in 1961
enfield: confederate soldiers memorial (1928) @ elmwood cemetery. located in downtown enfield, sculpture contains drinking fountain.
faison: monument confederate grays 20th regiment north carolina state troops (1932)
fayetteville:

confederate soldiers monument (1868) @ cross creek cemetery; first confederate monument in north carolina
confederate soldiers monument (1902)
confederate arsenal (1928)
judah p. benjamin marker (1944)


fletcher:

jefferson davis marker (1931), recognizing davis statesman clean hands , pure heart
orren randolph smith marker (1930)
henry timrod marker (1930), recognizing timrod laureate of confederacy
matthew fontaine maury marker (1932). confederate navy commander , slave owner, maury investigated resettling american slaves in brazil.
robert e. lee dixie highway marker (1926), in loving memory of robert e. lee... shaft memorial , highway straight attest worth – cometh own
zebulon baird vance marker (1928)
albert pike marker (1928), arkansas poet of confederacy
calvary episcopal church memorial (1927), during civil war church used barracks confederate troops


forest city: forest city confederate monument (1932)
franklin: confederate soldiers memorial (1909)
gatesville: confederate soldiers monument (1915)
greensboro:

confederate soldiers monument @ green hill cemetery (1888)
confederate soldiers monument (1985)
army of tennessee monument (1986)


halifax: general junius daniel marker (1929)
harnett county: confederate monument (1872) @ chicora civil war cemetery soldiers killed @ battle of averasborough, in memory of our confederate dead fell upon day
hendersonville: robert e. lee dixie highway marker (1926; re-dedicated 2008)
holly springs: confederate soldiers monument (1923)
jacksonville: confederate soldiers monument (1957)
justice: confederate soldiers monument (1912) @ stallings memorial park
kinston:

csa gen. robert hoke monument (1920)
confederate soldiers monument (1924)
css neuse confederate ironclad gunboat monument


kure beach

confederate memorial (1921)
confederate soldiers monument (1932)


lenoir: confederate soldiers monument (1910) in town square
lexington: confederate soldiers monument (1905)
louisburg:

confederate memorial drinking fountain (1911)
confederate soldiers monument (1914) our confederate dead . monument owned town of louisburg, , located @ louisburg college.


middletown: confederate soldiers monument (2001)
mocksville: davie county war memorial (1987)
monroe: located @ old union county courthouse; obelisk (1910) erected udc monroe chapter
morgantown: confederate soldiers monument (1918)
new bern: confederate monument (1885), cedar grove cemetery
oxford: granville gray (1909), memorial confederate veterans of granville county
raleigh:

confederate monument (1870), historic oakwood cemetery
henry lawson wyatt monument (1912); first confederate soldier die in battle
confederate women s monument (1914)
samuel court ashe monument (1940)
north carolina state confederate monument, union square, known soldiers , sailors monument, on state capitol grounds.


reidsville: 1910 2011, monument stood in reidsville s downtown area. in 2011, motorist hit monument, shattering granite soldier stood atop it. placing monument in center of town sparked debate between local officials, neighbors , friends – resulted in being placed @ current site – greenview cemetery. new site contains brand new statue. original 101-year-old statue destroyed.
rockingham: confederate soldiers monument (1930)
rocky mount: nash county confederate monument (1917), honoring confederate war dead in edgecombe county , nash counties; rededicated veterans of wars in 1976
salisbury: gloria victis ( glory defeated ), called fame confederate monument. cast in brussels in 1891, gloria victis 1 of 2 nearly-identical sculptures frederick ruckstull (the other being confederate soldiers , sailors monument, removed public display in baltimore in 2017). gloria victis appeared first @ exhibition in paris, , @ studio in new york city, purchased udc confederate monument salisbury. 23 ft (7.0 m) high bronze statue features allegorical angel outstretched wings dressed in robes laurel wreath on head. in 1 hand supports dying soldier holding battered rifle, while in other hand—held high—she holds second laurel wreath place on soldier when expires. anna morrison jackson, widow of confederate general stonewall jackson, attended 1909 dedication in salisbury.
selma: last grand review monument (1990)
stanley: monument @ stanley community center , polling place
sylva: confederate soldiers monument (1915)
tarboro:

confederate soldiers monument (1904)
henry lawson wyatt memorial fountain (1910)


thomasville: thomasville , davidson county civil war memorial (1910)
tuxedo: robert e. lee dixie highway marker (1927)
washington, virginia: confederate soldiers monument (1888), oakdale cemetery
weldon: confederate soldiers monument (1908; relocated 1934)
wentworth: rockingham county confederate monument (1998)
wilmington:

oakdale cemetery confederate mound (1872); north carolina s first soldier statue
confederate memorial (1924)
confederate monument (1932)
confederate monument (1998)
george davis statue (1909)
rose o neale greenhow monument


windsor: memorial confederate dead, erected in 1896 confederate veterans associations of bertie county
yanceyville: confederate soldiers monument (1921), old caswell county courthouse

inhabited places

carrboro (1882), named csa soldier julian carr
hoke county (1911), named csa maj. gen. robert hoke
lee county (1907)
pender county (1875), named csa gen. william dorsey pender
vance county (1881)

natural features

north carolina confederate veterans forest (1956) 125,000 spruce pine trees planted udc in 1940s living memorial north carolina confederate veterans. forest rededicated in 2001. area located beneath mt. hardy near blue ridge parkway.

roads

former


chapel hill: 1922 building @ university of north carolina-chapel hill named william l. saunders, colonel in confederate army , head of ku klux klan in north carolina. in 2014, building renamed carolina hall.
durham:

confederate soldiers monument @ old durham county courthouse, erected in 1924. pulled down during protest in 2017. 8 individuals arrested destroying memorial. many identified members of communist workers world party .
statue of robert e. lee in duke chapel, duke university. installed in 1930s in consultation unnamed vanderbilt university professor. defaced in august 2017. removed in august 2017.






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