The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on April 22. It is reproduced in full below.

A monument in downtown Middletown, Viriginia, commemorates Charles Russell Lowell, a US Army cavalry commander killed at the Battle of Cedar Creek. The inscription reads

Colonel

Charles Russell Lowell

Commanding Reserve Brigade,

Cavalry Corps,

Army of the Shenandoah

Fell in Action Near This Place

Oct. 19, 1864

Useful Citizen · Gallant Soldier

He died too early for his country

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service