Charles Russell Lowell Monument

Charles Russell Lowell Memorial on Main Street in Middletown, Va.

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Middletown, Va.

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A monument in downtown Middletown, Viriginia, commemorates Charles Russell Lowell, a US Army cavalry commander killed at the Battle of Cedar Creek. The inscription reads:

Colonel
Charles Russell Lowell
Commanding Reserve Brigade, 
Cavalry Corps, 
Army of the Shenandoah
Fell in Action Near This Place
October 19, 1864
Useful Citizen · Gallant Soldier
He died too early for his country

And on the back:

Cedar Creek
October 19, 1864

The monument, placed in 1992, is on Main Street, in front of the historic Wayside Inn.