Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS

Under Civil War Monuments of Kentucky 61 are monuments in Kentucky summarized with which the victims of the Civil War is remembered and shared in the on 17 July 1997 National Register of Historic Places in the database.

“Go and wear the gray of grief!
Go and look over the dead in gray!
Go and protect the private and protect the leader!
And guard their earthly sheaths! "

Although there were more Kentucky soldiers in the Union Army than in the Confederate States Army (at a ratio of around 75,000 to 50,000), only two of the 61 memorials are dedicated to victims of the Civil War on the Union side. The only public monument in Kentucky to commemorate Union soldiers is in the plaza at the Lewis County Courthouse in Vanceburg . It is the only such monument south of the Mason-Dixon Line .

Monuments for Confederate soldiers were built before 1900 primarily as a souvenir of the Lost Cause , rarely more than simple gravestones. After 1900 it was mostly monuments to the glorification of the Confederation. The first such monument was the Confederate Monument in Cynthiana , built in 1869 . Later monuments were worked out more carefully. None of these monuments support slavery , but instead advocated the rights of the states within the Union.

Two well-known civil war memorials in Kentucky are not on this list because they were previously entered on the National Register and are significantly different from the 61 listed entries. Those two are the Jefferson Davis Monument in Fairview and Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace .

	county	Name of the monument	image	year	City or Town	location	annotation
1	Anderson	Confederate Monument in Lawrenceburg		1894	Lawrenceburg	38 ° 2 ′ 6 "  N , 84 ° 53 ′ 44"  W.	on the lawn of the Lawrenceburger Courthouse
2	Ingots	Confederate Monument in Glasgow		1905	Glasgow	36 ° 59 ′ 44 "  N , 85 ° 54 ′ 45"  W.	on the lawn in front of the Courthouse in Glasgow
3	Bath	Confederate Monument in Owingsville		1907	Owingsville	38 ° 8 ′ 32 "  N , 83 ° 45 ′ 34"  W.
4th	bourbon	Bourbon County Confederate Monument		1887	Paris	38 ° 12 ′ 10 ″  N , 84 ° 15 ′ 55 ″  W.	the monument is designed like a fireplace
5	Boyle	Confederate Monument in Danville		1910	Danville	37 ° 38 ′ 44 "  N , 84 ° 46 ′ 42"  W.
6th	Boyle	Confederate Monument in Perryville		1902	Perryville	37 ° 40 ′ 29 "  N , 84 ° 58 ′ 17"  W.	on the grounds of the Perryville Battlefield SHS
7th	Boyle	Union Monument in Perryville		1928	Perryville	37 ° 40 ′ 30 "  N , 84 ° 58 ′ 17"  W.	on the grounds of the Perryville Battlefield SHS
8th	Boyle	Unknown Confederate Dead Monument in Perryville		1928	Perryville	37 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 84 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  W.	is in a private cemetery apart from the other monuments in Perryville
9	Bracken	Confederate Monument in Augusta		1903	Augusta	38 ° 46 ′ 9 ″  N , 84 ° 0 ′ 44 ″  W.	Tomb of eight Confederate soldiers who died in an attack on the city
10	butler	Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument in Morgantown		1907	Morgantown	37 ° 13 ′ 31 ″  N , 86 ° 40 ′ 59 ″  W.	one of two war memorials in Kentucky dedicated to victims on both sides
11	Caldwell	Confederate Soldier Monument in Caldwell		1912	Princeton	37 ° 6 ′ 30 ″  N , 87 ° 52 ′ 52 ″  W.
12	Calloway	Confederate Monument in Murray		1917	Murray	36 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 88 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W.
13	Christian	Confederate Memorial Fountain in Hopkinsville		1911	Hopkinsville	36 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 87 ° 29 ′ 17 ″  W.	fountain
14th	Christian	Latham Confederate Monument		1887	Hopkinsville	36 ° 52 ′ 31 "  N , 87 ° 28 ′ 53"  W.
15th	Daviess	Confederate Monument in Owensboro		1900	Owensboro	37 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  N , 87 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  W.	Sculpture by the sculptor George Julian Zolnay
16	Daviess	Thompson and Powell Martyrs Monument		1864	St. Joseph	37 ° 41 ′ 43 "  N , 87 ° 19 ′ 30"  W.
17th	Fayette	Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington		1893	Lexington	38 ° 3 ′ 35 "  N , 84 ° 30 ′ 34"  W.
18th	Fayette	John C. Breckinridge Memorial		1887	Lexington	38 ° 2 ′ 53 "  N , 84 ° 29 ′ 55.2"  W.
19th	Fayette	John Hunt Morgan Memorial		1911	Lexington	38 ° 2 ′ 51 ″  N , 84 ° 29 ′ 55 ″  W.	Dedicated to the Lexington Confederate soldier John Hunt Morgan
20th	Fayette	Ladies' Confederate Memorial		1874	Lexington	38 ° 3 ′ 34 "  N , 84 ° 30 ′ 32"  W.
21st	Franklin	Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort		1924	Frankfort	38 ° 12 ′ 18 ″  N , 84 ° 50 ′ 18 ″  W.
22nd	Franklin	Confederate Monument in Frankfort		1892	Frankfort	38 ° 11 ′ 48 ″  N , 84 ° 52 ′ 5 ″  W.
23	Fulton	Confederate Memorial in Fulton		1902	Fulton	36 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 88 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  W.
24	Fulton	Confederate Memorial Gateway in Hickman		1913	Hickman	36 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  N , 89 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  W.	westernmost monument on the list
25th	Graves	Camp Beauregard Memorial in Water Valley		1909	Water Valley	36 ° 34 ′ 22 "  N , 88 ° 47 ′ 36"  W.	Site of a training camp where many Confederate soldiers died of disease
26th	Graves	Confederate Memorial Gates in Mayfield		1924	Mayfield	36 ° 45 ′ 2 "  N , 88 ° 38 ′ 8"  W.
27	Graves	Confederate Memorial in Mayfield		1920	Mayfield	36 ° 44 ′ 33 "  N , 88 ° 38 ′ 7"  W.
28	Harrison	Confederate Monument in Cynthiana		1869	Cynthiana	38 ° 23 ′ 41 ″  N , 84 ° 16 ′ 51 ″  W.	the first ever Confederate War Memorial in Kentucky and the second in the United States
29	Hard	Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument		1884	Munfordville	37 ° 15 ′ 27 ″  N , 85 ° 53 ′ 46 ″  W.
30th	Hard	Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument in Horse Cave		1934	Horse Cave	37 ° 11 '37 "  N , 85 ° 55' 37"  W.	from geodes composed
31	Henry	Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence		1870	Eminence	38 ° 21 '35 "  N , 85 ° 10' 50"  W.
32	Jefferson	Adolph Bloedner Monument		1862	Louisville	38 ° 14 ′ 54 "  N , 85 ° 43 ′ 19"  W.	oldest secession war memorial in Kentucky
33	Jefferson	Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown		1904	Jeffersontown	38 ° 11 ′ 25 ″  N , 85 ° 34 ′ 8 ″  W.
34	Jefferson	Confederate Monument in Louisville		1895	Louisville	38 ° 13 ′ 6 "  N , 85 ° 45 ′ 43"  W.	at the University of Louisville
35	Jefferson	John B. Castleman Monument		1913	Louisville	38 ° 14 '9 "  N , 85 ° 42' 32"  W.
36	Jefferson	Union Monument in Louisville		1914	Louisville	38 ° 14 ′ 54 "  N , 85 ° 43 ′ 20"  W.
37	Jessamine	Confederate Memorial in Nicholasville		1896	Nicholasville	37 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 84 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  W.
38	Kenton	GAR Monument in Covington		1929	Covington	39 ° 4 ′ 23 "  N , 84 ° 30 ′ 53"  W.	the most northerly monument on this list
39	Kenton	Veteran's Monument in Covington		1933	Covington	39 ° 4 ′ 22 "  N , 84 ° 30 ′ 54"  W.	one of two war memorials in Kentucky that commemorates victims of both sides of the Civil War
40	Lewis	Union Monument in Vanceburg		1884	Vanceburg	38 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 83 ° 18 ′ 59 ″  W.	Limestone monument erected by the citizens of Lewis County in memory of the men who died fighting for the Union. It is the easternmost memorial on this list, and it was the first memorial to the Union Fallen to be erected in Kentucky public space.
41	Lincoln	Confederate Monument at Crab Orchard		1872	Crab Orchard	37 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  N , 84 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W.
42	Logan	Confederate Monument in Russellville		1910	Russellville	36 ° 50 ′ 42 "  N , 86 ° 53 ′ 15"  W.	near where the Confederate Government of Kentucky was established
43	Marion	Captain Andrew Offutt Monument		1921	Lebanon	37 ° 34 ′ 24 "  N , 85 ° 14 ′ 30"  W.	the second of the two heavily Union side war memorials in Kentucky
44	McCracken	Confederate Monument in Paducah		1907	Paducah	37 ° 5 '10 "  N , 88 ° 37' 24"  W.
45	McCracken	Lloyd Tilghman Memorial		1909	Paducah	37 ° 4 ′ 55 "  N , 88 ° 37 ′ 11"  W.	Statue designed by Henry Hudson Kitson
46	Mercer	Beriah Magoffin Monument		1900	Harrodsburg	37 ° 46 ′ 10 "  N , 84 ° 50 ′ 20"  W.	located at the burial site of Beriah Magoffin , who was Kentucky Governor when the Civil War was declared
47	Mercer	Confederate Monument in Harrodsburg		1902	Harrodsburg	37 ° 46 ′ 9 ″  N , 84 ° 50 ′ 29 ″  W.
48	Montgomery	Confederate Monument of Mt. Sterling		1880	Mt. Sterling	38 ° 3 '23 "  N , 83 ° 55' 55"  W.
49	Nelson	Confederate Monument of Bardstown		1903	Bardstown	37 ° 49 ′ 28 "  N , 85 ° 27 ′ 42"  W.
50	Oldham	Confederate Memorial in Pewee Valley		1904	Pewee Valley	38 ° 18 ′ 12 "  N , 85 ° 28 ′ 34"  W.	in the Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery
51	Pulaski	Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument		1875	Somerset	37 ° 7 ′ 3 ″  N , 84 ° 36 ′ 14 ″  W.
52	Pulaski	Confederate Mass Grave Monument in Somerset		1910	Somerset	37 ° 3 ′ 20 "  N , 84 ° 44 ′ 22"  W.
53	Pulaski	General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument		1910	Nancy	37 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 84 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  W.
54	Scott	Confederate Monument in Georgetown		1888	Georgetown	38 ° 11 '53 "  N , 84 ° 33' 38"  W.
55	Taylor	Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument		1872	Campbellsville	37 ° 13 ′ 49 ″  N , 85 ° 20 ′ 50 ″  W.
56	Trigger	Confederate Monument of Cadiz		1913	Cadiz	36 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 87 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  W.
57	union	Confederate Monument of Morganfield		1870	Morganfield	37 ° 41 ′ 38 "  N , 87 ° 54 ′ 46"  W.	The monument is isolated from most of the cemetery.
58	Warren	Confederate Monument of Bowling Green		1876	Bowling green	36 ° 59 ′ 40 "  N , 86 ° 25 ′ 15"  W.
59	Warren	William F. Perry Monument		1901	Bowling green	36 ° 59 ′ 40 "  N , 86 ° 25 ′ 15"  W.
60	Woodford	Confederate Monument in Versailles		1877	Versailles	38 ° 2 ′ 57 "  N , 84 ° 43 ′ 44"  W.
61	Woodford	Martyrs Monument in Midway		1890	Midway	38 ° 8 ′ 53 "  N , 84 ° 41 ′ 40"  W.

supporting documents

1. ↑ Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties 7/14/97 through 7/18/97. In: National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service , accessed May 29, 2009 . 
2. ^ SA Cunningham: Confederate Veterans of Kentucky . In: Confederate Veteran . tape II , no. November 11 , 1894, p. 324 (English): Go wearing the gray of grief! / Go watch o'er the dead in gray! / Go guard the private and guard the chief! / And sentinel their clay.
3. ^ Joseph E. Brent: National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935. (PDF (1.81 MB)) National Park Service, January 8, 1997, accessed May 29, 2009 . 

Web links

• The Civil War in Kentucky , TrailsRUs.com website

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