A boulder of Barre granite in Hollywood under the auspices of this Association, by the General Dabney H. Maury Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Philadelphia, Pa., in memory of two hundred and twenty-four known and unknown Confederate soldiers from Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, who died in Northern prisons and are buried in the national cemeteries in Philadelphia. It bears beautiful bronze tablets, upon one of which is inscribed:
"Fate denied them victory, but gave them immortality "
A bronze relief cast from a full-sized model of three flags, crossed, is shown above the inscription.
"Furled, but not forgotten"
Also on the monuments:
"Dying in captivity and denied a monument in Philadelphia where they lie buried this stone is erected in their everlasting honor in the heart of the Confederacy"
The unveiling took place on October 26, 1902.
Excerpt from "Our Confederate Dead "
Ladies' Hollywood Memorial Association of Richmond, Virginia 1916
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