TO THE MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF GREENSBOROUGH AND GUILFORD COUNTY, / WHO FOUGHT FOR NORTH CAROLINA AND THE CONFEDERACY / IN THE WAR FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE. / 1861-1865 / THESE WHILE IN THE PRIME OF LIFE, / FOUGHT, BLED AND DIED; / WALKING IN THE STEPS OF FATHER / ABRAHAM (GEN. 14:13-14) / IN BEHALF OF A LOST CAUSE. / WHILE SOME OF THESE IN OUR CHURCH- / YARDS SLEEP, / OTHERS FILL AN UNKNOWN GRAVE; / WHETHER UNKNOWN OF KNOWN TO FAME / THEIR CAUSE AND COUNTRY STILL THE / SAME. / THEY DIED AND WORE THE GRAY. / (BY JOHN A. SLOAN) / COMMANDER OF THE GUILFORD GRAYS / THE MEN OF GUILFORD / INFANTRY / 1. CO. E 2 REG. N.C. THE GUILFORD GUARDS / 2. CO. M 21 REG. N.C. THE GUILFORD DIXIE BOYS / 3. CO. E 22 REG. N.C. THE GUILFORD MINUTE MEN / 4. CO. B 27 REG. N.C. THE GUILFORD GRAYS / 5. CO. B 45 REG. N.C. CAPT. CHARLES E. SHOBERS CO. / 6. CO. C 45 REG. N.C. THE GUILFORD LIGHT INFANTRY / 7. CO. A 53 REG. N.C. CAPT. A.P. McDANIELS CO. / 8. CO. D 53 REG. N.C. CAPT. DAVID SCOTT, JRS CO. / 9. CO. F 54 REG. N.C. THE STONEWALL BOYS / CAVALRY / 10. CO. F 19 REG. 2 N.C. CAV. THE GUILFORD CAVALRY / 11. CO. I 63 REG. 5 N.C. CAV. CAPT. JOHN E. WHARTONS PARTISAN RANGERS / 12. CO. K 63 REG. 5 N.C. CAV. CAPT. NAT P. RANKINS PARTISAN RANGERS / 13. CO. H 16 BATTALION N.C. CAV. CAPT. THOMAS R. DUVALS CO. / RESERVES / 14. CO. A 72 REG. 3 N.C. JUNIOR RESERVES CAPT. JOHN W. PITTS CO. / 15. CO. B 77 REG. 7 N.C. SENIOR RESERVES CAPT. JACOB BOONS CO. / 16. CO. C 77 REG. 7 N.C. SENIOR RESERVES CAPT. W.B. JOHNSTONS CO. / HOME GUARD / 17. 4 REG. N.C. HOME GUARD COL. JAMES R. COLES REG. / LEST WE FORGET
On a smaller plaque below: ERECTED MAY 10, 1986 / BY / THE COL. JOHN SLOAN CAMP, 1290 / SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
11 July 2014 | Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina