Culpeper National Cemetery - Notable Monuments

Notable Monuments

  • The states of Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania have erected markers dedicated to regiments from those states who had members die in the Battle of Cedar Mountain.
    • The Maine monument is of granite construction and is dedicated to the twenty-two officers and soldiers from the 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry who died at Cedar Mountain. Date of erection unknown.
    • The Massachusetts monument was erected by surviving members of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry in 1893.
    • The New York monument was erected in 1902 by the state to honor the many members of the 28th New York Volunteer Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Corps, Army Corps of the Potomac who died at Cedar Mountain.
    • The Ohio monument is of granite and bronze construction and was erected by the 7th Ohio Regimental Association. Date of erection unknown.
    • The Pennsylvania monument was erected by the Commonwealth in 1910.
  • The Armed Forces Monument was erected November 1992 and was sponsored by the American Legion Post 330 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2524. The monument was officially dedicated May 28, 2001 to all men and women who serve in the armed forces.
  • A memorial to all of the Unknown burials from the Civil War was erected in 1988 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Burton-Hammond Post 2524.
  • A National Military Cemetery monument constructed from a cast iron seacoast artillery tube stands seven and a half feet tall and holds a plaque with the following inscription:
UNITED STATES

NATIONAL MILITARY CEMETERY
CULPEPER, VIRGINIA
ESTABLISHED APRIL 1867
INTERMENTS 1350
KNOWN 448

UNKNOWN 902

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