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4th West Virginia Infantry

 

The monument for the 4th West Virginia Infantry is located on Union Avenue south of Graveyard Road. The monument serves as the base for Maj. Arza M. Goodspeed’s bust. Also markers designating trench line located on the south side of Graveyard Road 500' from the Stockade Redan, the assaults of 19 May 1863 located 150' east of Confederate Avenue approaching Park Tour Stop #10, the assaults of 22 May 1863 located on the ridge on the south side of Graveyard Road 500' from the Stockade Redan and the camp site located at the bottom of a wooded ravine east of the West Virginia markers on the ridge on the south side of Graveyard Road 500' from the Stockade Redan. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Hugh Ewing’s 3rd Brigade of Maj. Gen. Francis P. Blair's 2nd Division, Maj. Gens William T. Sherman & Frederick Steel’s XV Army Corps and was commanded by Col. James H. Dayton. Maj. Arza M. Goodspeed was killed during the assaults on 19 May 1863. [Refer to pages 396 - 398, Volume 5 of the WPA Monumentation Survey Books.]
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Last update: Friday, February 16, 2001
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Editor: G. Zeman

 

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