Summers & Koontz Monument, Rude's Hill
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Title
Summers & Koontz Monument, Rude's Hill
Subject
Monuments & memorials - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Historic sites - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Photograph of the words inscribed on the monument commemorating the unjust execution of Captain George W. Summers and Sergeant Newton Koontz Company D 7th Virginia Cavalry on June 27, 1865, by order of Union Lt. Col. Huzzy.
The execution took place after the South had surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse and should not have happened.
The monument is located south of Mt. Jackson on Route 11 in the area of Rude's Hill.
The execution took place after the South had surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse and should not have happened.
The monument is located south of Mt. Jackson on Route 11 in the area of Rude's Hill.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in 2013 by staff at the Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS).
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Same Civil War monument appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 028190 and 029938.
Identifier
028190
Original Format
Film Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Summers & Koontz Monument, Rude's Hill,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/71502.
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