The February 27th ShenandoahValley.com wrote that this monument was going to be rededicated . It is half way between Mount Jackson and New Market, Virginia on US-11.
It marks where two Confederate soldiers were executed by Union troops after the war was over. According to Robert H. Moore, II, Sgt Isaac Newton Koontz, 20, and Captain George Summers were summarily executed June 27, 1865 at Rude Hill.
They had fought Union cavalry in May, 1865, and made off with some horses and other items. When they returned home, their fathers demanded they return the stuff they took.
They did, and the Union colonel granted them a pardon for doing it. However, a new commander rescinded the pardon, captured them and told them they'd be executed that day. They were given an opportunity to write farewell letters before it, though.
Give the Guys a Break. --B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
