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Woodhull Memorial Flagstaff

 

Location:
Section 35, Grip PQ-21 (Faces North)

Dimension:
Marble Base - Octagonal 4 feet 9 inches X 13 inches high
Brass Base and Sleeve - Octagonal at bottom 3 feet 11 inches X 4 feet 6 inches high
Flagstaff - 100 feet high tapered welded steel approximately 16 inches in diameter at the base
Foundation - 21 feet circular concrete concrete
Halyard - half and inch braided nylon

The inscription of the marble base reads (clockwise):

IN MEMORY OF MAXWELL WOODHULL
COMMANDER USN + 1813 - 1863 +
AND OF HIS SON
MAXWELL VANZANDT WOODHULL
BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL USA
+ 1834 - 1921 +

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