Camp Chase Memorial [REMOVED]
1902 / Creator Unknown / Columbus
A Confederate soldier stand at the apex of a stone arch with his hands resting on the end of the barrel of a rifle, the butt of which rests on the plinth. A large stone carved with "2260 Confederate soldiers of the war 1861- 1865 buried in this enclosure" on its face rests underneath the arch. The piece was vandalized and removed in 2017 as a response to the Charlottesville riots.
Camp Chase was a cemetery founded as an olive branch between the confederate and union veterans at the time.
Location: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery , 2900 Sullivant Ave
Title
Camp Chase Memorial [REMOVED]
Description
A Confederate soldier stand at the apex of a stone arch with his hands resting on the end of the barrel of a rifle, the butt of which rests on the plinth. A large stone carved with "2260 Confederate soldiers of the war 1861- 1865 buried in this enclosure" on its face rests underneath the arch. The piece was vandalized and removed in 2017 as a response to the Charlottesville riots.
Camp Chase was a cemetery founded as an olive branch between the confederate and union veterans at the time.
Camp Chase was a cemetery founded as an olive branch between the confederate and union veterans at the time.
Date
1902
Location City
Location County
Location Site
Location Street
2900 Sullivant Ave
Location Type
Creation Date
1902
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