Forest City Confederate Monument
Monument type:
Stone – uncarved
Artist:
Dedication Date:
1932
Address:
Rutherford
NC
USA
Inscription:
ERECTED JUNE 3, 1932 / BY THE / LEE-EAVES-MCDANIEL CHAPTER / OF THE / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPT. H. D. LEE / AND COMPANY D 16TH REGIMENT, / WHO WERE THE FIRST TO LEAVE FROM / RUTHERFORD COUNTY FOR THE / WAR BETWEEN THE STATES / JUNE 3RD, 1861, AND / CAPT. J. B. EAVES / AND COMPANY I 50TH REGIMENT, / WHO LEFT IN APRIL 1862. / BOTH COMPANIES DEPARTED FROM THIS SACRED SPOT. / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF / A. H. MCDANIEL / CO. I 50TH REGIMENT, / COMMANDER OF THE DAVIS-DICKERSON-MILLS / CAMP OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY / CONFEDERATE VETRERANS. / THIS SITE WAS THE MUSTER GROUND OF / THE BURNT CHIMNEY VOLUNTEERS. / NOW FOREST CITY.
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Creator:
Cost / Value:
150
Erected by:
Funded by:
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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