Confederate Memorial
The 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: 1867 Confederate memorial in Romney, West Virginia
- Also known as: “First Confederate Memorial”
- Inscription: “Confederate Memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Indian Mound Cemetery and Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery.
Indian Mound Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Quercus montana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States.
Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery
Cemetery
Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery is an African-American cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is located along the Northwestern Turnpike below Indian Mound Cemetery overlooking Sulphur Spring Run. Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery is situated 570 feet southwest of Confederate Memorial.
Hampshire County Schools
Hampshire County Schools is the operating school district within Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The Hampshire County Board of Education governs the school district. Hampshire County Schools is situated 780 feet north of Confederate Memorial.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Valley and Romney.
Valley
Hamlet
Valley was a populated place and post office on the South Branch line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was centered near the intersection of West Sioux Lane and Depot Valley Road, now located within the present-day corporate boundaries of Romney.
Romney
Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Romney is a town in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Winchester, Virginia metropolitan area.
Vanderlip
Hamlet
Vanderlip is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Vanderlip is located west of Romney along the Northwestern Turnpike and the South Branch Valley Railroad.
Confederate Memorial
- Categories: sculpture, monument or memorial of the Confederate States, and historic site
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.34266° or 39° 20′ 34″ northLongitude
-78.76567° or 78° 45′ 56″ westOpen location code
87F386VM+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 5404817908OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q5452776
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In Other Languages
“Confederate Memorial” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Monumento Conmemorativo Confederado (Romney)”
- Spanish: “Monumento Conmemorativo Confederado”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Romney Indian Mound and Indian Mound Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Confederate Memorial”. Photo: Quercus montana, Public domain.