List of Confederate monuments and memorials in Virginia

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This list of Confederate monuments and memorials in Virginia includes public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War. Part of the commemoration of the American Civil War, these symbols include monuments and statues, flags, holidays and other observances, and the names of schools, roads, parks, bridges, counties, cities, lakes, dams, military bases, and other public works. [note 1]

Contents

This list does not include items of a more strictly documentary nature, such as historic markers or battlefield parks if they were not established to honor the Confederacy. Nor does it include figures connected with the origins of the Civil War or white supremacy, as distinct from the Confederacy.

As of 24 June 2020, there are at least 239 public spaces with Confederate monuments in Virginia, [1] more than in any other state. [2] [3]

Bridge

Geological features

Highways

Monuments

Courthouse monuments

Other public monuments

Robert E. Lee hitched his horse in Berryville, Virginia, while on his march to Gettysburg Berryville, Lees post.jpg
Robert E. Lee hitched his horse in Berryville, Virginia, while on his march to Gettysburg
Lee-Jackson Bivouac Shaft, Chancellorsville Chancellorsvill's historical marker, Lee&Jackson camping.jpg
Lee-Jackson Bivouac Shaft, Chancellorsville
Big Bethel UDC Monument, Langley Air Force Base, Hampton Confederate Monument, Big Bethel Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.jpg
Big Bethel UDC Monument, Langley Air Force Base, Hampton
Lebanon, Virginia Lebanon, Virginia (8127232645).jpg
Lebanon, Virginia
Mount Jackson Our Soldiers Cemetery & statue Mt. Jackson VA, USA.jpeg
Mount Jackson
Lee to the Rear!, Wilderness Battlefield, Orange County, Virginia "Lee to the Rear" Tablet, Wilderness Battlefield, Orange County, Virginia, United States.jpg
Lee to the Rear!, Wilderness Battlefield, Orange County, Virginia
William Mahone Monument at Petersburg National Battlefield Major General Mahone Monument At The Crater - panoramio.jpg
William Mahone Monument at Petersburg National Battlefield
Memorial Granite Pile, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Photo by William Henry Jackson. Confederate Monument Richmond VA 1902.jpg
Memorial Granite Pile, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Photo by William Henry Jackson.
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia Cedar Hill Cemetery memorial 2016.jpg
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia
Monument near where Stonewall Jackson's arm was buried, Wilderness, Virginia Grave of Stonewall Jackson's Arm - panoramio.jpg
Monument near where Stonewall Jackson's arm was buried, Wilderness, Virginia

Private monuments

Turner Ashby Monument, Harrisonburg Turner Ashby Monument.jpg
Turner Ashby Monument, Harrisonburg

Parks and sites

Roads

  • Alexandria:
    • Beauregard Street
    • Bragg Street
    • Braxton Place
    • Breckinridge Place
    • Chambliss Street
    • Dearing Street
    • Donelson Street
    • Early Street
    • Floyd Street
    • French Street
    • Frost Street
    • Gordon Street
    • Hardee Place
    • Hume Avenue
    • Imboden Street
    • Iverson Street
    • Jackson Place
    • Janney's Lane
    • Jordan Street
    • Jubal Avenue
    • Lee Street [1]
    • Longstreet Lane
    • Maury Lane
    • Pegram Street
    • Quantrell Avenue
    • Reynolds Street
    • Rosser Street
    • Van Dorn Street
    • Wheeler Avenue
  • Annandale:
    • John Marr Drive
    • Lanier Street
    • Rebel Drive
  • Blackstone: Jeb Stuart Road
  • Bland: Jeb Stuart Street
  • Boones Mill: Jubal Early Highway
  • Bristow: Robert E. Lee Drive
  • Centreville:
    • Confederate Ridge Lane
    • General Lee Drive
  • Chantilly:
  • Culpeper:
    • General A.P. Hill
    • General Jackson Avenue
    • General Jeb Stuart Lane
    • General Lee Avenue
    • General Longstreet Avenue
    • General Winder Road
  • Damascus: Jeb Stuart Highway
  • Fairfax (all renamed effective Jan 1, 2023):
    • Confederate Lane
    • Mosby Woods Drive
    • Old Lee Highway [45]
    • Pickett Road
  • Forest: Jubal Early Drive
  • Foster: Robert E. Lee Drive
  • Fredericksburg: Jubal Early Drive
  • Hardy: Jubal Early Highway
  • Hopewell: Robert E. Lee Drive
  • Ivor: General Mahone Boulevard
  • Lynchburg: Early Street
  • Manassas:
    • Beauregard Avenue
    • Lee Avenue [1]
  • Martinsville:
    • Jeb Stuart Road
    • Jefferson Davis Drive
  • Mechanicsville: Lee Davis Road
  • Middleburg: John Mosby Highway
  • Natural Bridge Station:
    • Jeb Stuart Drive
    • Robert E. Lee Drive
  • New Market:
    • Confederate Street
    • Lee Street [1]
    • Stonewall Street
    • Stuart Street
  • Petersburg:
    • Confederate Avenue
    • Jubal Early Drive
  • Powhatan: Robert E. Lee Road
  • Purcellville: Jeb Stuart Road
  • Rhoadesville: Jeb Stuart Drive
  • Richmond:
  • Sandston:
    • Carter Avenue
    • Confederate Avenue
    • Early Avenue
    • Garland Avenue
    • J.B. Finley Avenue
    • Jackson Avenue
    • Kemper Court
    • Pickett Avenue
    • Wilson Way
  • Staunton:
    • Beauregard Drive
    • J.E.B. Stuart Drive
    • Stonewall Jackson Boulevard
  • Verona: Confederate Street
  • Virginia Beach:
    • General Beauregard Drive
    • General Hill Drive
    • General Jackson Drive
    • General Lee Drive
    • General Longstreet Drive
    • Hood Drive
  • Waynesboro:
    • Davis Road
    • Pickett Road
    • Robert E. Lee Avenue
  • Winchester: Jubal Early Drive
  • Woodford:
    • Jeff Davis Drive
    • Stonewall Jackson Road
  • Wirtz: Jubal Early Highway

Schools

Former or removed monument and memorials

For a list of removed or renamed memorials, see Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials#Virginia.

See also

Notes

  1. "In an effort to assist the efforts of local communities to re-examine these symbols, the SPLC launched a study to catalog them. For the final tally, the researchers excluded nearly 2,600 markers, battlefields, museums, cemeteries and other places or symbols that are largely historical in nature." [1]

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