WEST POINT MEMORIAL AT ELMWOOD CEMETERY
ELMWOOD CEMETERY IS A 50-ACRE MUNICIPAL CEMETERY ESTABLISHED IN 1853. IT IS JUST BESIDE NORFOLK'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERY, WEST POINT.
THE UNION SOLDIER ON THE MEMORIAL IS SAID TO BE MODELED ON SGT. WILLIAM CARNEY, 54TH MASS. VOL. INF. AN ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN REGIMENT.
THE UNION SOLDIER ON THE MEMORIAL IS SAID TO BE MODELED ON SGT. WILLIAM CARNEY, 54TH MASS. VOL. INF. AN ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN REGIMENT.
Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- Statues War or Military Related
- 238 EAST PRINCESS ANNE ROAD
- 23510
- RICHARD E. MILLER
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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