Documenting the American South

Monument Name

Buncombe County Civil War Memorial, Asheville

Type

War Memorial

Subjects

Civil War, 1861-1865

City

Asheville

County

Buncombe

Description

The memorial consists of a circle of 18 granite stones listing the names of men from Buncombe County who died during the Civil War. The memorial lists the names of the soldiers by unit and includes both Union and Confederate troops. A single stone rests in the center with an inscription to the 551 men from the county who died in the war.

Images: View from the gazebo | Smith-McDowell House | Dedication stone | Circle Stones: 2ND & 3RD, NC MTD. INF. REGT. USA 2nd REGT. | CO. A, 60TH NC REGT. | CO. C, 60TH NC REGT. | CO E, 60TH NC REGT. | CO. F, 60TH NC REGT. | CO. I, 60TH NC REGT. | CO. K, 60TH NC REGT. | CO. D, 39TH NC REGT. | CO. C, 29TH NC REGT. | CO. H, 29TH NC REGT. | CO. H, 25TH NC REGT. | CO. I, 25th NC REGT. | CO. K, 25TH NC REGT. | CO. F 16TH NC REGT. | CO. F, 14TH NC REGT. | CO. K, 11TH NC REGT. | CO. G, 1ST NC CAV. REGT. | OTHERS – CSA

Inscription

Center stone: MEMORY / IN HONOR OF THE 551 MEN / FROM BUNCOMBE COUNTY / WHO DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR / 1861-1865

Circle Stones: 2ND & 3RD, NC MTD. INF. REGT. USA 2nd REGT. [List of 43 names in two columns]

CO. A, 60TH NC REGT. [List of 31 names in two columns]

CO. C, 60TH NC REGT. [List of 28 names in two columns]

CO E, 60TH NC REGT. [List of 33 names in two columns]

CO. F, 60TH NC REGT. [List of 31 names in two columns]

CO. I, 60TH NC REGT. [List of 19 names in one column]

CO. K, 60TH NC REGT. [List of 39 names in two columns]

CO. D, 39TH NC REGT. [List of 25 names in two columns]

CO. C, 29TH NC REGT. [List of 39 names in two columns]

CO. H, 29TH NC REGT. [List of 27 names in two columns]

CO. H, 25TH NC REGT. [List of 11 names in one column]

CO. I, 25th NC REGT. [List of 39 names in two columns]

CO. K, 25TH NC REGT. [List of 27 names in two columns]

CO. F 16TH NC REGT. [List of 33 names in two columns]

CO. F, 14TH NC REGT. [list of 36 names in two columns]

CO. K, 11TH NC REGT. [List of 43 names in two columns]

CO. G, 1ST NC CAV. REGT. [List of 18 names in one column]

OTHERS – CSA [List of 29 names in two columns]

Custodian

Asheville-Buncombe County Technical Community College

Dedication Date

October 21, 2001

Decade

2000s

Geographic Coordinates

35.571990 , -82.557350 View in Geobrowse

Supporting Sources

“Civil War Memorial Dedicated,” Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, NC), October 22, 2001

“If These Walls Could Talk: A History of WNCHA’s Historic Home,” Western North Carolina Historical Association, (accessed August 9, 2020) Link

“Smith McDowell House Museum to Dedicate Buncombe County Civil War Memorial on October 21,” www.asheville.com, Community News, (accessed August 9, 2020) Link

Public Site

Yes

Materials & Techniques

Granite

Sponsors

Eric Emory through local fundraising

Subject Notes

The memorial is on the grounds of the Smith-McDowell House (circa 1840) which was home to Major William Wallace McDowell who organized the first Confederate troops in western North Carolina and to slave George Avery, who emancipated himself in April 1865 and enlisted in the 110th Regiment of the US Colored Volunteers.

Location

The memorial is located on the grounds of the Smith-McDowell House, restored as a period pre-Civil War house and local history museum located at 283 Victoria Road on the campus of A-B Technical Community College. The memorial is behind and to the right of the Smith-McDowell house.

Landscape

Sloping lawn area with a parking lot to one side and A-B Tech building on the other. A gazebo is located next to the memorial.