Monument to Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Lincolnton
James Tiddy, The Charlotte Marble Yard, Sculptor
Wiley Brothers Marble and Granite Works, Asheboro, NC, Builder
The monument to Major General Stephen Dodson
Ramseu consists of an obelisk shaped shaft resting atop square base elements. The obelisk is thirteen and a half inches square at its largest. The base element with inscriptions is seventeen and one half inches square and two feet tall. Total height is approximately eight feet. In front of the monument is a marble marker noting that the original of this monument was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. The monument was rededicated in June 1991. The monument and grave site is surrounded by a cast iron fence made up of vertical cutwork panels below a frieze of quatrefoils. Ramseur was buried at this location in 1864 and the monument was placed in 1870.
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Rededication plaque |
Cemetery view
Front, obelisk: MALVERN HILL / SEVEN PINES / CHANCELLORSVILLE / GETTYSBURG / MINE RUN / WILDERNESS / SPOTSYLVANIA / RICHMOND / LYNCHBURH / KEARNSTOWN / WINCHESTER / CEDAR RUN
Front, base: MAJOR GENERAL / STEPHEN DOBSON / RAMSEUR / BORN / MAY 31ST, 1837 / MORTALLY WOUNDED AT THE / BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK / ON THE 19TH AND / DIED / ON THE 20TH OCTOBER, 1964
Rear, base: “A GOOD SOLDIER OF / JESUS CHRIST”
Marker, front: ORIGINAL RAMSEUR MONUMENT / DESTROYED BY HURRICANE HUGO / SEPT. 22, 1989 / PRESENT MONUMENT DEDICATED / JUNE 1, 1991
St. Luke Episcopal Church
1870. Rededication: June 1991
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White marble
David Schenck
Major General Stephen Dodson
Ramseur (1837-1864) was one of two Confederate Major Generals to be born in Lincolnton, the other being Robert Frederick Hoke. A graduate of West Point in 1860, Ramseur joined
the Confederate army in 1861; he was mortally wounded at Cedar Creek and died on
19 October 1864.
David Schenck who funded the original monument was General Ramseur’s brother-in-law. He was a prominent Reconstruction era lawyer, judge, politician and historian. One of his most significant late life accomplishments was the Guilford Battle Ground. It was largely through his efforts that interest and money was raised to save this important Revolutionary War battle site.
James Tiddy, The Charlotte Marble Yard created the original 1870 monument.
Wiley Brothers created the 1991 replica.
The monument is located in the graveyard of St. Luke Episcopal Church facing north-northeast. The church address is 315 N. Cedar St., Lincolnton. The St. Luke Episcopal Church and graveyard are listed on the National Register of Historic
The obelisk stands on the Jacob A. Ramseur (Major General's father) family plot surrounded by an iron fence.
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