The monument to Captain George Summers and Sergeant Newton Koontz along with a marker reproducing the monument’s inscriptions and a sign explaining the markers and their sponsorship is in between Mount Jackson and New Market, Virginia.
The monument’s inscription became worn over time, and a marker was placed that reproduces its text:
The monument in front of you replaced an existing wooden pillar.
The inscriptions on the monument read:
On the side facing you – east
Capt. Geo. W. Summers and Sergt. Newton Koontz
Company D 7th Virginia Cavalry
Were Here Executed on June 27, 1865
By order of Lt. Col. Huzzy 192d. O.V.M.I.
On the right side as you face the monument – North
Without the priviledge of any kind of trial they having been arrested at their homes in Page Co. brought here and shot.
On the left side as you face the monument – south
Erected in 1893 by friends under the supervision of Capt. T.J. Adams
On the rear as you face the monument – west
No inscription.
From the sign:
The “Post – Appomattox Tragedy” Monument at the top of the path was erected in 1893.
The monument to Capt. Summers and Sgt. Koontz has been restored and opened to the public to preserve our heritage.
Location
The marker is on the west side of the Valley Pike (U.S. 11) about 3 milles south of Mount Jackson and 3 miles north of New Market, Virginia. (38°41’33.8″N 78°38’59.8″W)