Tuesday, May 10, 2011

NC Confederate Memorial Day May 10

Confederate soldier enactors from the 63rd NC Confederate Troops Reactivated, Mike Hurst, Captain Monte Bringle and Lt. Rock Edminston, prepare to read the 2,800 names of the men who served in the Confederate Army from Rowan County in front of the Rowan Museum during the Confederate Memorial Day Ceremony. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
63rd NC Confederate Troops Reactivated soldier enactor, Mike Hurst kneels during the reading of the list of 2,800 names of the men who served in the Confederate Army from Rowan County in front of the Rowan Museum during the Confederate Memorial Day Ceremony. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Tuesday is Confederate Memorial Day.

By the end of the Civil War, 2,834 soldiers from Rowan County had served the Confederacy, more than any other county in the state.

Likewise, North Carolina provided more soldiers than any other state.

It’s not surprising that Confederate war dead are still honored locally, a recognition with special significance during the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.

The Rowan Rifles, Camp No. 405, of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, hosted a local memorial service Saturday morning to mark Confederate Memorial Day, which occurs each year on the date of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s death. The commemoration is older than the national Memorial Day now celebrated later in May.

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