Isle of Wight, Courthouse Common Soldier (Yorktown, Virginia)
Confederate
Affectionately nicknamed "Johnny Reb" by locals, the Confederate Soldiers' monument at the Isle of Wight Courthouse commemorates the county's fallen Confederate soldiers. The monument is made entirely from granite and depicts a private Confederate soldier standing at parade rest atop a plinth, base, six-sided dado, and shaft. Inscriptions on the six-sided dado feature Confederate symbols and quotes from Father Abram J. Ryan's poem "C.SA. Heroes" and Robert E. Lee. Dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1905, this monument was removed by unanimous vote, dismantled, and relocated to a private citizen's farm in Isle of Wight in 2021.
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
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Dedication Date:
1905-05-30
Address:
Yorktown
Isle of Wight
Virginia
United States of America
Inscription:
1861 CSA 1865 ISLE OF WIGHT'S LOVING TRIBUTE, TO HER HEROES OF 1861 TO 1865. "THEY BRAVELY FOUGHT, THEY BRAVELY FELL, THEY WORE THE GRAY THEY WORE IT WELL." CONFEDERATE DEAD [SEAL OF VIRGINIA] "" "BRIGHT WERE THE LIVES THEY GAVE FOR US THE LAND THEY STRUG- GLED TO SAVE FOR US WILL NOT FORGET ITS WARRIORS YET WHO SLEEP IN SO MANY GRAVES FOR US." "" "THEY BLEED, WE WEEP, WE LIVE, THEY SLEEP" "" [CROSSED C.S.A. NATIONAL AND BATTLE FLAGS] DEDICATED MAY 30, 1905 "" "GLORIOUS IS HIS FATE, AND ENVIED IS HIS LOT, WHO FOR HIS COUNTRY FIGHTS AND FOR IT DIES." "" "THERE IS A TRUE GLORY AND A TRUE HONOR; THE GLORY OF DUTY DONE THE HONOR OF THE INTEGRITY OF PRINCIPLE"
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Granite
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Indigenous Land
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