Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg

Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg is a historic cemetery located at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The cemetery is the final resting place of 95 unknown Confederate soldiers from the Battles of Lewisburg (May 23, 1862) and Droop Mountain (November 6, 1863). They are buried in a three-foot-high mound shaped as a Christian cross. The cross measures 80 feet, 5 inches in length, with the "arm" extending 53 feet. There are four commemorative monuments, including one installed by the Federal government in 1956. It is enclosed by a six-foot-high wrought iron fence.[2]

Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg
Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg, April 2005
LocationMaple St. and US 60, Library Park, Lewisburg, West Virginia
Coordinates37°48′7″N 80°27′6″W
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1862
NRHP reference No.87002535[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 2, 1988

The Confederate "monument was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at a cost of $2,800. The monument was originally located on the campus of the Greenbrier College, but moved to its present location, when U.S. Route 60 was relocated."[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Michael J. Pauley and Michael Gioulis (July 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  3. https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=IF08558P17829.3377&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100008~!183265~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!siartinventories&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+West+Virginia+--+Lewisburg&index=OBJEC


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