Confederate Monument, King George County, Virginia

November 15, 1869 – The First Virginia Courthouse Monument To Be Dedicated To The Confederacy

Hamilton Historical Records

On November 15, 1869, a mere four years after the end of the U.S. Civil War, the Ladies Memorial Association of King George County dedicates a Confederate Monument in front of the county courthouse. The Ladies Memorial Association monument was the first courthouse monument in the state of Virginia to be dedicated to the Confederacy.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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