WV-043 Civil War Monument

Marker text: CIVIL WAR MONUMENT
ON Aug. 21, 1901 this 20 ft. monument with 6 ft. statue depicting typical Confederate solider was dedicated to the Monroe County men who served the lost cause. Hinton Marble Works produced the Italian marble statue, standing on granite pedestal placed on native blue limestone. Site selected in anticipation of Union's growth. Dedication crowd of 10,000 heard speech of Gen. John Echols.
West Virginia Department of Culture and History, 1982