Confederate Memorial Pulaski County

This monument was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the County of Pulaski, in honor and memory of Pulaski County''s Soldiers, who fought in many different units, and in many major battles, including Gettysburg PA, Chickamauga, Atlanta, and the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, in Dublin VA, on our county''s own soil, and at the Lead Mines in Wythe County. Pulaski's men served in The Army of Northern Virginia, and the Army of Tennessee.

Many of Pulaski's men were members of the Stonewall Brigade, and one of the county''s leading citizens, General James Alexander Walker, a prominent attorney, was the final Commander of that brigade, being hand-picked for the role by General Robert E. Lee. He was dubbed "Stonewall Jim" while in that role, due to his likeness in manner and abilities to the fallen General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.

Most of the local men lost in this war, whether in battle, prisons, or hospitals, were never returned home, and some families had no idea as to their burial places. Most families had no way of retrieving the bodies, even if they did know of their resting places. Thus, monuments were placed as permanent reminders of and memorial to these men.

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Source

• Text: Cindy Akers
• Photos: Brent Moore