Forest City Confederate Memorial
To the memory of
Capt. H.D. Lee
and Company D 16th Regiment,
who were the first to leave from
Rutherford County for the
War Between The States
June 3rd, 1861, and
Capt. J.B. Eaves
and Company I 50th Regiment,
who left in April 1862.
Both companies departed from this sacred spot.
Also to the memory of
A.H. McDaniel
Co. I 50th Regiment,
Commander of the Davis-Dickerson-Mills
camp of Rutherford County
Confederate Veterans.
This site was the muster ground of
the Burnt Chimney Volunteers,
now Forest City.
Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and Depot Street, in the median on East Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
