Lloyd Tilghman Memorial
The Lloyd Tilghman Memorial is a historic monument in Paducah , Kentucky depicting Lloyd Tilghman , a brigadier general. He fought for the Confederate States of America and fell at the Battle of Champion Hill in May 1863.
Lloyd Tilghman was from Maryland , but lived in Paducah from 1852 to 1861. He joined the Confederate States Army as a colonel on July 5, 1861, and was promoted to general the following October. He became the commander for the construction of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and succeeded another general, but was only able to stop the construction of the militarily inadequate Fort Henry too late. He was captured at the Battle of Fort Henry and was not able to return to service until the following fall. Tilghman then fell during the Second Vicksburg Campaign .
It was decided in 1909 to honor Tilghman. Tilghman's sons Frederick and Sidell and the United Daughters of the Confederacy jointly paid the cost of building the monument, with the two sons contributing $ 10,000 and the United Daughters of the Confederacy paying $ 5,000.
The statue was made by Henry Hudson Kitson , who was then a resident of Boston , where he immigrated from England . The statue is made of bronze and stands on a pedestal and base made of pink granite . The total height of the monument is 3.6 m, the base is a square with an edge length of 5.2 m, the base measures 7.6 m. The plaque was placed by the graduating class of Tilghman High School in 1929.
On June 17, 1997, the memorial was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky along with 60 other war memorials . Another monument on the list, the Confederate Monument in Paducah , is very close by. The Lloyd Tilghman House is also entered in the National Register and a museum.
supporting documents
- ↑ James Raab: Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman: A Biography ( English ). McFarland, 2006, pp. 33, 48-51, 197, 198.
- ↑ a b c Brent, Joseph Lloyd Tilghman Memorial NRHP Nomination Form (Kentucky Heritage Council, 1997) p. 1
- ↑ Bush, Bryan. Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman: As a man, a soldier, and a general, he had few, if any, superiors. ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. January 13, 2007
- ↑ Paducah, Ky. Trailsrus.com
- ^ McCracken County Historical Markers Kentucky Historical Society
- Jump up ↑ Joseph E. Brent: National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935 ( English , PDF (1.81 MB)) National Park Service. January 8, 1997. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
Coordinates: 37 ° 4 ′ 55 " N , 88 ° 37 ′ 11" W.