WEST POINT MEMORIAL AT ELMWOOD CEMETERY
ELMWOOD CEMETERY IS A 50-ACRE MUNICIPAL CEMETERY ESTABLISHED IN 1853. IT IS JUST BESIDE NORFOLK'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERY, WEST POINT.
THE UNION SOLDIER ON THE MEMORIAL IS SAID TO BE MODELED ON SGT. WILLIAM CARNEY, 54TH MASS. VOL. INF. AN ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN REGIMENT.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Statues War or Military Related
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
RICHARD E. MILLER
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