List of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky

This is a list of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky — Union, Confederate or both. The earliest Confederate memorials were, in general, simple memorials. The earliest such monument was the Confederate Monument in Cynthiana erected in 1869. Later monuments were more elaborate. In the late 19th century, Confederate monuments increasingly were focused on a "memorialization of the Lost Cause" and a "celebration of the Confederacy".^[1]

In 1997, 61 properties were added to the National Register of Historic Places as a result of a Multiple Property Submission (MPS). Two prominent monuments were not included in that MPS because they were already listed on the National Register. Although Kentucky produced more Union troops than Confederate troops (125,000 compared to 35,000),^[2] most of the monuments included in the MPS were dedicated to Confederate forces.^[1]

List of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky[]

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	County	Monument name	Image	Year built	City or Town	Coordinates	Summary
1	Anderson	Confederate Monument in Lawrenceburg		1894	Lawrenceburg	38°02′08″N 84°53′44″W / 38.035493°N 84.895527°W / 38.035493; -84.895527	Located on Lawrenceburg's Courthouse lawn[3]
2	Barren	Confederate Monument in Glasgow		1905	Glasgow		Located on Glasgow's Courthouse lawn[4]
3	Bath	Confederate Monument in Owingsville		1907	Owingsville		Located in Owingsville Cemetery.[5]
4	Bourbon	Bourbon County Confederate Monument		1887	Paris	38°12′9″N 84°15′55″W / 38.20250°N 84.26528°W / 38.20250; -84.26528	Only Monument on the list shaped like a chimney.[6]
5	Boyle	Confederate Monument in Danville		1910	Danville	37°38′44″N 84°46′42″W / 37.64556°N 84.77833°W / 37.64556; -84.77833	Located at the corner of Main and College Streets.[7]
6	Boyle	Confederate Monument in Perryville		1902	Perryville		By the park office of Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site[8]
7	Boyle	Union Monument in Perryville		1928	Perryville		By the park office of Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site[9]
8	Boyle	Unknown Confederate Dead Monument in Perryville		1928	Perryville		Located in Goodknight Cemetery, a private family cemetery.[10]
9	Bracken	Confederate Monument in Augusta		1903	Augusta	38°46′09.4″N 84°00′42.8″W / 38.769278°N 84.011889°W / 38.769278; -84.011889	Gravesite of eight Confederates who died during a raid in the town[11]
10	Butler	Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument in Morgantown		1907	Morgantown		One of two built in Kentucky dedicated in memory of both sides.[12]
11	Caldwell	Confederate Soldier Monument in Caldwell		1912	Princeton		Located on the county courthouse lawn[13]
12	Calloway	Confederate Monument in Murray		1917	Murray		One of four fountain monuments in Kentucky[14]
13	Christian	Confederate Memorial Fountain in Hopkinsville		1911	Hopkinsville		One of four fountain monuments in Kentucky[15]
14	Christian	Latham Confederate Monument		1887	Hopkinsville		In Riverside Cemetery[16]
15	Daviess	Confederate Monument in Owensboro		1900	Owensboro		Sculpted by the noted George Julian Zolnay[17]
16	Daviess	Thompson and Powell Martyrs Monument		1864	St. Joseph		In cemetery[18]
17	Fayette	Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington		1893	Lexington
18	Fayette	John C. Breckinridge Memorial		1887	Lexington		Relocated from historic courthouse lawn to Lexington Cemetery October 2017
19	Fayette	John Hunt Morgan Memorial		1911	Lexington		Dedicated to the hometown Confederate. Relocated to Lexington Cemetery in October 2017
20	Fayette	Ladies' Confederate Memorial		1874	Lexington
21	Franklin	Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort		1924	Frankfort
22	Franklin	Confederate Monument in Frankfort		1892	Frankfort
23	Fulton	Confederate Memorial in Fulton		1902	Fulton
24	Fulton	Confederate Memorial Gateway in Hickman		1913	Hickman		Westernmost monument on the list
25	Graves	Camp Beauregard Memorial in Water Valley		1909	Water Valley		Site of a training camp where many Confederate died from disease.
26	Graves	Confederate Memorial Gates in Mayfield		1924	Mayfield
27	Graves	Confederate Memorial in Mayfield		1920	Mayfield		One of four fountain monuments in Kentucky
28	Harrison	Confederate Monument in Cynthiana		1869	Cynthiana	38°23′09.80″N 84°16′50.00″W / 38.3860556°N 84.2805556°W / 38.3860556; -84.2805556	The first Kentucky monument to the Confederate States of America, and the second one anywhere
29	Hart	Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument		1884	Munfordville		Largest confederate monument on private land.
30	Hart	Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument in Horse Cave		1934	Horse Cave		Only monument on the list composed of geodes
31	Henry	Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence		1870	Eminence
32	Jefferson	Adolph Bloedner Monument		1862	Louisville		Oldest monument in Kentucky
33	Jefferson	Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown		1904	Jeffersontown	38°11′31″N 85°34′06″W / 38.19194°N 85.56833°W / 38.19194; -85.56833
35	Jefferson	John B. Castleman Monument		1913	Louisville
36	Jefferson	Union Monument in Louisville		1914	Louisville
37	Jessamine	Confederate Memorial in Nicholasville		1896	Nicholasville
38	Kenton	GAR Monument in Covington		1929	Covington		Northernmost monument on the list
39	Kenton	Veteran's Monument in Covington		1933	Covington		One of only two monuments in Kentucky meant to honor both sides
40	Lewis	Union Monument in Vanceburg		1884	Vanceburg		Limestone monument erected by the citizens of the county as a memorial to the men of the county who were killed in action while fighting for the Union. This is the easternmost monument on the list and the first one to be erected in a public place.
41	Lincoln	Confederate Monument at Crab Orchard		1872	Crab Orchard
42	Logan	Confederate Monument in Russellville		1910	Russellville		Near where the Confederate government of Kentucky was established
43	Marion	Captain Andrew Offutt Monument		1921	Lebanon		Second strongest sentiment to the Union of all the Kentucky monuments
44	McCracken	Confederate Monument in Paducah		1907	Paducah
45	McCracken	Lloyd Tilghman Memorial		1909	Paducah
34	Meade	Confederate Monument in Louisville		1895	Brandenburg		Originally located by the University of Louisville;[19] relocated in 2017 to Brandenburg.[20]
46	Mercer	Beriah Magoffin Monument		1900	Harrodsburg		At the gravesite of Beriah Magoffin, who was Kentucky's governor when war was declared.
47	Mercer	Confederate Monument in Harrodsburg		1902	Harrodsburg
48	Montgomery	Confederate Monument of Mt. Sterling		1880	Mt. Sterling
49	Nelson	Confederate Monument of Bardstown		1903	Bardstown	37°49′27.76″N 85°27′41.61″W / 37.8243778°N 85.4615583°W / 37.8243778; -85.4615583
50	Oldham	Confederate Memorial in Pewee Valley		1904	Pewee Valley		Within the Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery
51	Pulaski	Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument		1875	Somerset	37°07.048′N 84°35.838′W / 37.117467°N 84.597300°W / 37.117467; -84.597300
52	Pulaski	Confederate Mass Grave Monument in Somerset		1910	Somerset
53	Pulaski	General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument		1910	Nancy
54	Scott	Confederate Monument in Georgetown		1888	Georgetown
55	Taylor	Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument		1872	Campbellsville
56	Trigg	Confederate Monument		1913	Cadiz		One of four fountain monuments in Kentucky
57	Union	Confederate Monument of Morganfield		1870	Morganfield		Isolated from most of cemetery.
58	Warren	Confederate Monument of Bowling Green		1876	Bowling Green
59	Warren	William F. Perry Monument		1901	Bowling Green
60	Woodford	Confederate Monument in Versailles		1877	Versailles
61	Woodford	Martyrs Monument in Midway		1890	Midway

References[]

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External links[]

• National Register of Historic Places Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties 7/14/97 through 7/18/97
• The Civil War in Kentucky, TrailsRUs.com website