Between Mount Jackson and New Market in Virginia, along U.S. Route 11, is a memorial to Confederate Captain George Summers and Sergeant Isaac Koontz, who were executed on that spot without being given trials. They and several others had seized horses from some Union troops, but later returned them. At first, they were forgiven, but a subsequent Union commander decided to have them arrested and executed. This all happened in May and June of 1865, after General Robert E. Lee surrendered.
The memorial is a short walk slightly uphill away from Route 11. A fence separates it and the walkway from the surrounding farmland.
This informational display and others are located near Route 11.
Here's the monument up close, with three Confederate flags and one Union flag.
The stone marker in front of the monument recounts the arrest and execution of Captain Summers and Sergeant Koontz.
This last shot shows the back of the monument and the view toward U.S. 11.
For more about the monument, go to The Historical Marker Database and Stone Sentinels. The story of Summers and Koontz is the subject of the book Tragedy In The Shenandoah Valley by Robert H. Moore II.
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