Administered by Warren County 1 East Main Street, Warren County Courthouse Front Royal Virginia 22630
Located Warren County Courthouse 1 East Main Street Front Royal Virginia
Date:
Dedicated July 4, 1911
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1994.
SOS Assessment Award, 1998.
Image on file.
Borden, Duane L., "Tombstone Inscriptions, Prospect Hill Cemetery," pg. 239.
(Front of base, incised lettering:) (CSA monogram)/(raised lettering:) 1861/(relief)/1865/(incised lettering:) UNVEILED/JULY 4, 1911/(raised lettering:) THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/TO COMMEMORATE THE COURAGE/AND PATRIOTISM OF THE MEN/FROM WARREN COUNTY, WHO/SERVED HONORABLY IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY./"TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND LIVED AND TO/THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED. TO THOSE/WHO GAVE MUCH AND THOSE WHO GAVE ALL." (Above plaque on rear of base, incised lettering: CSA monogram) (Above plaque on each side of base, incised lettering:) VIRGINIA
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Summary:
A young, uniformed Confederate soldier stands, his proper left hand on the barrel of his musket by his side, the butt resting by his foot. He has a bedroll slung over his proper left shoulder, with a cartridge box on his proper right hip and a bayonet and canteen on his proper left hip. The soldier is mounted upon a tall, multitiered base with a rough-edged upper shaft, and rough-edged, stepped bottom tiers. On the lower front of the base is a relief a Confederate battle flag crossed with the third national flag of the Confederacy. The base also contains bronze plaques on the rear and on each of the two sides, which lists names of battles, companies, and the dead of Warren County.
