Our Confederate Dead

Rivers Bridge State Park

Most of the Confederates killed here were Georgians,

and most were unknown when they were reburied. But

the local community remembered them as " our

Confederate dead, " the fallen heroes of a common cause. The monument placed over ...

Our Confederate Dead

[Front]

Erected by the

James B. Gordon Chapter

United Daughters of the Confederacy

October 1905

Winston-Salem, N.C.

[Back]

"Sleeping, but glorious,

Dead in Fame's portal,

Dead, but victorious,

Dead, but immortal!

They gave us great glory,

What more could they give?

They have left us a story,

A story to live!"

[Right]

In Camp on fame's ...

To Our Confederate Dead

West side of the marker reads: First at Bethel

Last at Appomattox

1861 - 1865

Marker is at the intersection of Salisbury Street and Hillsborough Street, on the left when traveling south on Salisbury Street.

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