Confederate Memorial
Confederate Memorial is a historic site in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Black Rock stands 963 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Parsons Bell Tower, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
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, 2001. 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 four sides and a 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.
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Dates from 1867.
Wikidata Q5452776, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Confederate Memorial
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 17.9 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 20.3 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Banner's Overlook · 23 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 24 mi
- Monroe Run Valley · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Hampshire Park: 3.3 mi
- Peterkin Camp and Conference Center: 3.4 mi
- Shanks Roadside Park: 4.4 mi
- Break Neck Over Look: 5.2 mi
- Fairview Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Slate Lick Knob: 5.7 mi
- Stony Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Little Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Little Cacapon Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Davis History House: 0.4 mi
- Davis History House: 0.4 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 0.5 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 0.5 mi
- Literary Hall: 0.5 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Gary A Yoder Fish Management Area: 13.3 mi
- McCoole Fish Management Area: 14.2 mi
- Fort Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 14.4 mi
- Dan's Rock Fire Tower: 18.0 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 0.0 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 0.0 mi
- Masonry Overfall: 14.9 mi
- Steam Pump: 16.0 mi
- Piercie Paugh Homestead Site: 20.6 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 4.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 20.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 22.3 mi
- Dog Cliff: 23.6 mi
- Three High Heads: 24.8 mi
- Big Spring: 19.9 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 22.3 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 22.4 mi
- Arie Vankan Spring: 22.6 mi
- Roadside Spring: 22.9 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 0.6 mi
- River Beach: 7.1 mi
- Beach 3: 23.5 mi
- Beach 1: 23.6 mi
- Beach 2: 24.2 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 1.5 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 22.1 mi
- eroded outcropping: 22.6 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 24.2 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 24.2 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 18.5 mi
- Mountain Falls: 23.7 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 22.7 mi
- Mountain View: 24.3 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 16.5 mi
- Art: 23.4 mi
- Frankville: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Confederate Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock | W 270° | 963 m | 18.4 mi |
| Pinnacle | W 279° | 950 m | 16.9 mi |
| Dans Rock | NNW 337° | 883 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 176° | 874 m | 17.0 mi |
| Short Mountain | S 176° | 874 m | 17.0 mi |
| Nathaniel Mountain | S 189° | 839 m | 9.3 mi |
| Wolf Rock | NNW 332° | 832 m | 17.2 mi |
| Fairview | NW 317° | 823 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:13 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5404817908
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