Status: Active

Established: January 1st, 1932

Established By: United Daughters Of The Confederacy

ERECTED JUNE 3, 1932 / BY THE / LEE-EAVES-MCDANIEL CHAPTER / OF THE / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY

Inscription on the monument:

Dedicated to, “TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPT. H. D. LEE / AND COMPANY D 16TH REGIMENT, / WHO WERE THE FIRST TO LEAVE FROM / RUTHERFORD COUNTY FOR THE / WAR BETWEEN THE STATES / JUNE 3RD, 1861, AND / CAPT. J. B. EAVES / AND COMPANY I 50TH REGIMENT, / WHO LEFT IN APRIL 1862. / BOTH COMPANIES DEPARTED FROM THIS SACRED SPOT. / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF / A. H. MCDANIEL / CO. I 50TH REGIMENT, / COMMANDER OF THE DAVIS-DICKERSON-MILLS / CAMP OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY / CONFEDERATE VETRERANS. / THIS SITE WAS THE MUSTER GROUND OF / THE BURNT CHIMNEY VOLUNTEERS. / NOW FOREST CITY.”

The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) created, funded, and promoted the installation of over 400 monuments promoting the “cult of the lost cause.” A false narrative that promotes the idea that the pro-slavery Confederate army was fighting for a noble cause. They have even gone as far as distributing literature claiming that Slaves were eager and willing to be exploited. A concept rendered completely ridiculous by the true history of abuse, indignity, and terror suffered by enslaved African peoples.