The Civil War/Confederate Cemetery
Inscription
The Greenbrier area was predominately Southern in its sympathies, a nd furnished some 3000 men for the army of the Confederacy. It was occupied repeatedly by one or the other of the opposing armies throughout the War.
[Reverse]
On the hill, 400 yards west, in a common grave shaped like a cross, lie unclaimed bodies of ninety-five Confederate soldiers, casualties of the area, including those of the Battle of Droop Mountain and the Battle of Lewisburg.
Location
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More markers in Greenbrier
Alderson Baptist Academy and Junior College
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Alderson Academy opened September 18, 1901, a coeducational secondary school founded mainly through the efforts of Miss Emma C. Alderson.
Sam Black Church
Built in 1901, church building was dedicated in memory of the Rev. Sam Black (1813-1899).
Pontiac's War/Welsh Cemetery
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Greenbrier Military School
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First established at Lewisburg 1808-09 by Dr. John McElhenney and chartered as an academy in 1812.
Meadow River Lumber Company/United Methodist Church
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