Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg (also known as Confederate Burial Grounds) 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 | |
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| Location | Maple St. and US 60, Library Park, Lewisburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°48′14″N 80°26′58″W / 37.80389°N 80.44944°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| NRHP reference No. | 87002535[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 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
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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 August 3, 2011.
- ^ "Confederate Monument, (Sculpture)".
