Botetourt Artillery Obelisk (Plum Creek, Virginia)

Confederate

The Botetourt Artillery Obelisk stands a proud 27ft tall on the busy main street of Buchanan, Virginia. It commemorates not only the local Buchanan company of soldiers that was organized in 1859, but all soldiers who fought during the war, as well as Confederate women and the veterans that survived it. Erected on April 1, 1902, by the Botetourt Artillery Monument Association, the granite pillar stands atop a base that is adorned with inscriptions on all sides. Designed by artist Andrew Wray at the cost of $1100, the source of funding for the monument is not readily available.

Inscription:

[front] The Botetourt Artillery Monument Association has caused the monument to be erected in this year of grace 1902, as a loving tribute to the deeds and services of the Buchanan Company of Soldiers organized 1859 and trained as Mountain Rifles, Virginia Volunteers, enlisted May 1861 in the Confederate States Army for twelve months as Company H twenty eighth Virginia Infantry, re-enlisted November 1861 for the war as Anderson's Battery Light Artillery and known from April 1863 to May 1865 as Johnston's Battery, Douthat's Battery and the Botetourt Artillery [right] to our loving and self sacrificing Confederate women [left] to those of our noble and heroic officers and men who were killed in battle and who died from wounds, fatigue, and disease during the war [rear] to those of our loyal comrades who have died since the war and to the survivors of our company

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