Record #:

19409

Author(s):

Moore, Louis T.

Abstract:

Gabriel James Boney fought for the Confederacy and spent the major part of his life in Wilmington. He died in 1915, and in his will he left $25,000 to be used for the erection of a Confederate monument in the city. The impressive, forty-foot tall monument stands at the corner of Third and Dock streets.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 40, Mar 1944, p1

Subject(s):

Boney, Gabriel James , 1848-1915; Confederate monuments--Wilmington