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Confederate Soldiers' Monument, Lynchburg, VA, 1907

Subjects
Civil WarMonuments & Memorials
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Confederate Soldiers' Monument, Lynchburg, VA, 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Confederate Soldiers' Monument, Lynchburg, VA, 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The card shows the Confederate Soldiers' Monument in Lynchburg, Virginia: a bronze infantryman at parade rest atop a granite pedestal inscribed "1861–1865" and "Our Confederate Soldiers," with a carved flag and wreath on the shaft. Memorials of this type were raised across the South in the decades after the Civil War to honor local Confederate dead. The monument was erected in honor of Confederate soldiers who died in the war. Lynchburg was an important supply base for the Confederacy; in early 1865 Union Gen. Philip Sheridan destroyed the canal and railways leading into the city, and Robert E. Lee was trying to reach Lynchburg at the time of the surrender. A visitor's note calls Lynchburg "the Hill city," a reference to its hilly setting.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

This is the Hill city all right Virginia Hope to see you soon. We have been having a fine time here. We are going to leave [illegible] we will be there Tuesday. Yours,

PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
LYNCHBURG, VA. Soldiers' Monument. THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT was erected in honor of the Confederate soldiers who lost their lives in the Civil War. Lynchburg was an important base of supplies for the Confederates during the war, but early in 1865, Gen. Sheridan destroyed the canal and railways leading into it; Lee was endeavoring to reach Lynchburg at the time of the surrender.
PostmarkedLynchburg, VA, June 25, 1907, 21:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. R. E. Price

C/o 4 Illau 1 Sou Bell Tel Co Newport News, VA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Lynchburg, VA
PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
ConditionGood
Place addressedMr. R. E. Price, C/o 4 Illau, 1 Sou Bell Tel Co, Newport News, VA
Place depictedLynchburg, VA
Stamp1c Capt. John Smith, green, issued 1907
NotesMessage handwritten in ink on the front; white margin at right used for correspondence (undivided-back era). Light soiling, edge and corner wear; small publisher's mark at lower right.

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Confederate Soldiers' Monument, Lynchburg, VA, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/confederate-soldiers-monument-lynchburg-va-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.