This Confederate Memorial in Indian Mound Cemetery at Romney, West Virginia is considered the first official memorial to Confederate dead to be erected anywhere. In the early spring of 1866 citizens of Hampshire County decided to form a association to honor the Confederate dead. Eventually they adopted a formal organization and on June 1, 1866 held the first ceremony to honor the Confederate graves in Indian Mound Cemetery. Later they ordered a monument listing the names of county citizens who died in the War; the monument was dedicated on September 26, 1867.
Each year Confederate Memorial Day in Hampshire County recalls the sacrifice and suffering of men and women on both sides of the Civil War.
considered the first official memorial to Confederate dead to be erected anywhere. In the early spring of 1866 citizens of Hampshire County decided to form a association to honor the Confederate dead. Eventually they adopted a formal organization and on June 1, 1866 held the first ceremony to honor the Confederate graves in Indian Mound Cemetery. Later they ordered a monument listing the names of county citizens who died in the War; the monument was dedicated on September 26, 1867.
