Virginia List of Confederate monuments and memorials

1 virginia

1.1 buildings
1.2 monuments

1.2.1 courthouse monuments
1.2.2 other public monuments


1.3 parks
1.4 roads
1.5 highways
1.6 schools
1.7 former

virginia

there @ least 223 public spaces confederate monuments in virginia, more in other state.

buildings

alexandria: robert e. lee recenter
arlington house, robert e. lee memorial: overlooking arlington national cemetery. national park service memorial. antebellum home of robert e. lee. during civil war, estate became site of arlington national cemetery, in part ensure lee never return home. nps describes property nation s memorial robert e. lee. honors him specific reasons, including role in promoting peace , reunion after civil war. in larger sense exists place of study , contemplation of meaning of of difficult aspects of american history: military service; sacrifice; citizenship; duty; loyalty; slavery , freedom.
lexington: carillon stonewall jackson hospital
manassas: stonewall jackson volunteer fire & rescue department

monuments

arlington national cemetery



leesburg


courthouse monuments

charlottesville



abingdon: confederate monument (1907), frederick william sievers, sculptor
charlottesville, albemarle county monument, american bronze foundry company (1909)
amelia: confederate monument (1905)
amherst: amherst county confederate monument (1922)
appomatox: confederate monument (1905)
bedford: confederate memorial (1935)
berryville: confederate memorial (1900)
bland: confederate monument (1911)
bowling green: confederate monument (1906)
boydton: monument confederate soldiers of mecklenburg (1908; rededicated in 2002)
charlotte: charlotte county confederate memorial (1901)
chatham: confederate dead monument (1899; rededicated in 1967)
chesterfield: confederate memorial (1903)
courtland: confederate monument (1905)
dinwiddie: confederate monument (1909)
eastville: confederate monument (1913)
emporia: confederate memorial (1910)
fincastle: confederate memorial (1904)
floyd: confederate monument (1904)
front royal: confederate monument (1911)
gainesville: barnard bee jr. monument located within manassas national battlefield park.
gate city: confederate memorial (1988)
gloucester: confederate monument (1899)
halifax: confederate memorial (1911)
heathsville: civil war memorial, northumberland county (1873)
hillsville: confederate monument (1907)
king william: our soldiers of confederacy monument (1901)
lancaster: lancaster county confederate monument (1872)
lawrenceville: brunswick county confederate monument (1910)
leesburg: confederate soldier memorial (1908)
louisa: confederate monument (1905)
lovingston: confederate monument (1965)
lunenburgh: confederate monument (1916)
marion: confederate monument (1904)
mathews: our confederate soldier monument (1912)
monterey: confederate monument (1918)
montross: westmoreland county confederate monument (1876)
new castle: confederate monument (1912)
nottoway: confederate monument (1893)
palmyra: confederate memorial (1901)
pearisburgh: confederate medal of honor monument (1995). inscribed jefferson davis quote, duty owe posterity see our children shall know virtues , rise worthy of sires.
powhatan: powhatan troop confederate memorial (1999)
rocky mount: confederate monument (1910)
spotsylvania courthouse: confederate monument (1918)
surry: confederate monument (1903)
sussex: confederate monument (1912)
tappahannock: essex county confederate monument (1909)
tazewell: confederate memorial (1903)
warm springs: confederate memorial (1922)
warrenton: monument csa colonel john s. mosby (1916)
washington: confederate monument (1898)
williamsburg: williamsburg confederate monument (1908)
windsor: confederate monument (1905)

other public monuments

robert e. lee hitched horse in berryville, virginia while on march gettysburg



lee-jackson bivouac shaft, chancellorsville



thomas jonathan jackson, charlottesville



robert edward lee, charlottesville



big bethel udc monument, langley air force base, hampton



lebanon, virginia



mount jackson



lee rear!, wilderness battlefield, orange county, virginia



william mahone monument @ petersburg national battlefield



howitzer monument, richmond



memorial granite pile, hollywood cemetery, richmond, virginia. photo william henry jackson.



williams carter wickham, richmond



cedar hill cemetery, suffolk, virginia



monument near stonewall jackson s arm buried, wilderness, virginia



alexandria:

plaques (1870) of robert e. lee , george washington hang on either side of altar @ christ church, both parishioners. following unanimous vote of board in 2017, church announced plaques removed in 2018 once new location of respectful prominence identified.
appomattox (1899), statue dedicated confederate dead @ intersection of washington , prince streets. mayor , city council voted unanimously in september of 2016 move statue museum, , awaiting permission virginia legislature so.


arlington: confederate memorial @ arlington national cemetery authorized in 1906 united states secretary of war william howard taft , unveiled in 1914.
berryville: memorial (1986) , hitching post robert e. lee tethered horse, traveller, while lee paused on march gettysburg attended church service
brandy station: udc monument (1998) dedicated john pelham
bristol: confederate soldier monument (1910)
buckingham: confederate soldiers of buckingham county (1908)
chancellorsville: confederate monuments @ site of battle of chancellorsville include:

jackson memorial boulder , tablet (1888), placed former members of stonewall jackson s staff
general thomas j. jackson shaft (1888), on spot fell mortally wounded thomas j. jackson lt. gen. c.s.a. may 2nd 1863
lee-jackson bivouac shaft (1903), bivouac, lee , jackson, night of may 1, 1863
lee-jackson bivouac tablet (1937)
brigadier general elisha f. paxton tablet (1980), in vicinity brig. gen. e. f. paxton, c.s.a. aged 35 years, of rockbridge county, va. killed on morning of may 3, 1863 while leading command, stonewall brigade in attack on fairview


charlottesville

thomas jonathan jackson (sculpture), charles keck, erected in 1921
robert edward lee (sculpture), henry shrady , leo lentelli, sculptors, 1924


culpeper county: udc monument (1929) commemorating confederate victory in battle of brandy station
farmville: virginia defenders of state sovereignty confederate soldier monument (1900)
fairfax, virginia: john quincy marr monument, dedicated first confederate officer killed in civil war during battle of fairfax court house (june 1861) erected 1904.
franklin: confederate monument (1911)
fredericksburg

confederate monument (2009)
angel of marye s heights monument, statue of sergeant richard rowland kirkland giving water fallen union soldier. (1965)
the heights @ smith run (2014)
thomas r.r. cobb monument , marker (1888)


glen allen: j.e.b. stuart memorial (1888)
gloucester: confederate monument (1889)
goshen pass: maury memorial, stone monument marker (1923)
hanover: confederate monument (1914)
hampton:

two monuments @ big bethel cemetery, within langley air force base:








big bethel udc monument (1905)
udc monument (1964), commemorating 100th aniversary of battle of big bethel




hampton national cemetery: 2 small, granite blocks near burial location of 272 confederates inscribed our confederate dead




hopewell: confederate memorial (1949)
lebanon: confederate monument (1914)
lexington

francis h. smith confederate monument (1931)
stonewall jackson monument , arch
washington , lee university

previously washington university, renamed weeks after robert e. lee died president of university.
a large confederate battle flag , number of related flags removed chapel in 2014.
inside lee chapel, in place of altar, large marble statue of lee, recumbent, wearing confederate battle gear , resting on camp bed. (lee buried family in mausoleum beneath chapel.)
robert e. lee residence.
grave of traveller, robert e. lee s horse (1871). apples regularly placed on grave visitors.


at virginia military institute sits 1912 bronze replica of 1910 marble statue of stonewall jackson moses jacob ezekiel (on grounds of west virginia state capital). first-year cadets exiting barracks through archway required honor jackson s memory saluting statue.


luray:

confederate monument (1898)
page county confederate monument (1918)


lynchburg:

confederate statue opposite courthouse.
jubal monument (1919)
confederate monument (1900)


mechanicsville: wilcox s alabama brigade (1999)
mecklenburg county: confederate statue in front of courthouse.
middletown: monument (1919) stephen dodson ramseur @ entrance belle grove plantation, died following battle of belle grove.
mount jackson: our soldiers cemetery statue (1903)
new kent: confederate monument (1934)
new market: rustic pile monument (1909)
newport news: confederate soldier monument (1909)
nickelsville: nickelsville spartan band monument (2000)
norfolk: confederate monument (1907). according statement mayor kevin cooper alexander dated august 16, 2017, norfolk city council, in 2015, voted unanimously leave in place. in response tragic events in charlottesville, question being reexamined.
orange county: confederate monuments @ wilderness battlefield include:

wilderness battlefield tablet (1927), udc monument
colonel james d. nance tablet (1912), marks nance killed
texas brigade shaft (1964), boys? lee cried saw them gathering. texas boys, yelled, number multiplying each second.
lee rear! tablet (1903), lee rear! cried texans. may 6, 1864


parksley: confederate monument (1899)
petersburg:

hagood s brigade
old men , boys monument (1909)
mahone monument, battle of crate, petersburg national battlefield (1927)
monument a. p. hill killed during third battle of petersburg
monument john pegram killed during battle of hatcher s run


portsmouth: confederate monument, listed on nrhp. local politicians have been contemplating fate of confederate statue since 2015, , town s mayor called moved local cemetery instead. in august 2017 mayor announced relocated cemetery.
pulaski: in memory of confederate soldiers of pulaski county, 1861–1865 monument (1906)
reams: north carolina monument
richmond:

howitzer monument, caspar buberl, sculptor, (1892)
a.p. hill monument, caspar buberl, (1892)
confederate soldiers , sailors monument (1894)
the memorial granite pile, confederate section, hollywood cemetery
monument avenue features monuments of confederate leaders. richmond citizens after war intended erect 3 statues of virginians defending city (two killed in defense), , twenty years later before actual plan proposed.

robert e. lee monument (1890). monument on monument avenue on state rather city proerty. in november 2017, virginia governor terry mcauliffe, in response ongoing clashes @ monument, issued emergency regulations make permit necessary meeting more 10 people, , prohibiting firearms.
jefferson davis (1907)
j.e.b. stuart (1907)
thomas stonewall jackson (1919)
matthew fontaine maury, pathfinder of seas (1929).


williams carter wickham monument (1891)


stephenson: memorial lieutenant colonel richard snowden andrews , men of 1st maryland battery, csa (1920)
strasburg: confederate monument (1896), strasburg presbyterian church cemetery
suffolk: confederate monument (1889), cedar hill cemetery
virginia beach: princess anne county confederate heroes monument (1905)
wilderness: monument (1903) near stonewall jackson s amputated arm buried
winchester: confederate soldiers monument (1916)

parks

falls church: j.e.b. stuart park (1961) named confederate general
fort monroe: jefferson davis memorial park (1956). dedicated udc, park commemorates csa president s 2 years of imprisonment in fort.
fredericksburg lee hill community center

roads


highways

general mahone highway, large portion of u.s. route 460, between petersburg , suffolk.
jefferson davis highway, called jefferson davis memorial highway, renaming in progress in alexandria.
jubal highway
lee highway
lee jackson memorial highway
stonewall jackson highway

schools

arlington: washington-lee high school (1925)
bristol:

stonewall jackson elementary school (1948)
washington-lee elementary school (1968)


bull run: stonewall jackson high school (1972)
clear brook: stonewall elementary school (1960)
fairfax:

fairfax high school phased out johnny rebel mascot, confederate imagery , flags , renamed confederattes drill team in 1986 after complaints black students. retained rebels team name.
j. e. b. stuart high school near munson hill, stuart s headquarters (1958) school board determined name part of county s massive resistance against u.s. supreme court s order end racial segregation of public schools. called stuart high school compromise until voting passed.
lanier middle school, named csa officer sidney lanier (poet, musician)
lees corner elementary, named lee family (including robert e. lee) owners of sully plantation (1986)
mosby woods elementary school, named john s. mosby , cavalry mosby s raiders, schools athletics uses raiders.


fredericksburg: lee hill elementary school (1952)
hampton: jefferson davis middle school (1960)
henrico: douglas s. freeman high school. athletic teams nicknamed rebels. school has retired rebel man mascot.
hurley: hurley high school. athletic teams nicknamed rebels. confederate iconography, including confederate battle flag, prominent throughout school.
lexington: washington , lee university. see above, under other private monuments.
manassas

stonewall middle school (1974)
stonewall jackson high school (1973)


mathews lee-jackson elementary school
mechanicsville:

lee davis high school (1958). school s athletic teams nicknamed confederates.
stonewall jackson middle school (1969). school s athletic teams nicknamed rebels.


montross: washington , lee high school
petersburg:

j.e.b. stuart elementary school (1966)
robert e. lee elementary school (1962)


quicksburg: stonewall jackson high school (1959)
richmond: j.e.b. stuart elementary school (1922)
roanoke, virginia: stonewall jackson middle school (1923)
spotsylvania courthouse:

lee s headquarters monument (1903)
ramseur s brigade monument (2001)
robert e. lee elementary school


springfield:

robert e. lee high school (1958)
sangster elementary named prominent slaveholding family loyal confederacy


staunton: robert e. lee high school (1967)
stuart: stuart elementary school (1938)

former



bailey s crossroads: j. e. b. stuart high school (1958). following protests students , alumni began in june 2015, school board voted in july 2017 rename school beginning of 2019 school year.
charlottesville:

in may 2017 city council of charlottesville voted remove , sell statue of gen. robert e. lee, , renamed lee park, statue stands, emancipation park. removal has been halted 6 months court injunction, in response suit scv.
in august 2017 city council unanimously voted shroud statues of lee , stonewall jackson in black.
the university of virginia board of visitors (trustees) voted unanimously in september 2017 remove 2 plaques university s rotunda honored students , alumni fought , died confederacy in civil war.




jefferson davis memorial park @ fort monroe, virginia



lexington

in 2014, large confederate battle flag , number of related state flags removed lee chapel @ washington , lee university.


lynchburg: statue of confederate veteran george morgan jones on campus of randolph college. installed in 1912 , removed in august 2017.

r.e. lee memorial church, episcopal church lee worshipped, in august 2017 restored original name of grace episcopal church.






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