The Defenders of the Union
1861 — 1865
[Front Side of Monument]
Rich Mountain
Antietam, Gettysburg,
Vicksburg, Cloyd Mountain
Opequan, Appomattox.
[Back Side of Monument]
They counted not their
lives dear unto them.
Marker can be reached from Wheeling Park Drive east of National Road (U.S. 40).
Courtesy hmdb.org