The Washington Confederate Memorial is located in the Washington Presbyterian Cemetery, off

United States Route 278 U.S. Route 278 (US 278) is a parallel route of US 78. It currently runs for from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, to Wickes, Arkansas at US 71/ US 59, passing through five states in the process. Landmarks along its route incl ...

on the northwest side of

Washington, Arkansas Washington is a city in Ozan Township, Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 148 in 2000 United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Hope, Arkansas, Hope Hope ...

. The memorial is a marble obelisk, 7'8" tall, which is mounted on a three-tiered brick base that is 4'10" tall. It marks the grave site of 74 unknown

Confederate Army The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fi ...

soldiers, many of whom were killed in the 1863

Battle of Prairie D'Ane The Battle of Prairie D'Ane (April 9 – 13, 1864), also known as the Skirmish at Prairie D'Ane, Battle of Gum Springs, or Battle of Moscow, was fought in present-day Nevada County, Arkansas, as part of the Camden Expedition, during the American ...

. The monument was raised by public subscription in 1888, and underwent restorative maintenance as recently as 1994. The inscriptions read on the east, south, and north faces respectively:

CONFEDERATE DEAD 1861-65. THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES TO A CAUSE THAT WAS LOST THEIR SURVIVORS WILL NEVER SUFFER THEIR MEMORY TO PERISH. ERECTED BY OUR CITIZENS TO THE MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO DIED AT THIS POST DURING OUR LATE CIVIL WAR; FAR FROM HOME AND KINDRED ROSEBROUGH SONS ST. LOUIS

The monument was listed on the

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in 1996.

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Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry
Buildings and structures completed in 1888 Buildings and structures in Hempstead County, Arkansas Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Arkansas Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Hempstead County, Arkansas Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas Obelisks in the United States Tourist attractions in Hempstead County, Arkansas 1888 establishments in Arkansas {{HempsteadCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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