List of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky

This is a list of the 61 American Civil War monuments in Kentucky that were added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, as a result of a Multiple Property Submission (MPS).

Although Kentucky produced more Union troops than Confederate troops (75,000 compared to 50,000), most of the monuments included in the MPS were dedicated to Confederate forces.

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]

Two prominent monuments were not included in the MPS because they were already listed on the National Register and they are significantly different from the others listed. These are the Jefferson Davis Monument in Fairview, Kentucky and Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace.

	County	Monument name	Image	Year built	City or Town	Latitude	Longitude	Summary
1	Anderson	Confederate Monument in Lawrenceburg		1894	Lawrenceburg	38°02′06"N	84°53′44"W	Located on Lawrenceburg's Courthouse lawn
2	Barren	Confederate Monument in Glasgow		1905	Glasgow	36°59′44″N	85°54′45″W	Located on Glasgow's Courthouse lawn
3	Bath	Confederate Monument in Owingsville		1907	Owingsville	38°08′32"N	83°45′34"W
4	Bourbon	Bourbon County Confederate Monument		1887	Paris	38°12′10″N	84°15′55″W	Only Monument on the list shaped like a chimney
5	Boyle	Confederate Monument in Danville		1910	Danville	37°38′44″N	84°46′42″W
6	Boyle	Confederate Monument in Perryville		1902	Perryville	37°40′29"N	84°58′17"W	By the park office of Perryville Battlefield SHS
7	Boyle	Union Monument in Perryville		1928	Perryville	37°40′30"N	84°58′17"W	By the park office of Perryville Battlefield SHS
8	Boyle	Unknown Confederate Dead Monument in Perryville		1928	Perryville	37°40′N	84°58′W	Located away from the other Perryville monuments, in a private cemetery.
9	Bracken	Confederate Monument in Augusta		1903	Augusta	38°46′9″N	84°00′44″W	Gravesite of eight Confederates who died during a raid in the town
10	Butler	Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument in Morgantown		1907	Morgantown	37°13′31″N	86°40′59″W	One of two built in Kentucky dedicated in memory of both sides.
11	Caldwell	Confederate Soldier Monument in Caldwell		1912	Princeton	37°06′30″N	87°52′52″W
12	Calloway	Confederate Monument in Murray		1917	Murray	36°36′N	88°18′W
13	Christian	Confederate Memorial Fountain in Hopkinsville		1911	Hopkinsville	36°52′0″N	87°29′17″W	One of four fountain monuments in Kentucky
14	Christian	Latham Confederate Monument		1887	Hopkinsville	36°52′31″N	87°28′53″W
15	Daviess	Confederate Monument in Owensboro		1900	Owensboro	37°45′N	87°07′W	Sculpted by the noted George Julian Zolnay
16	Daviess	Thompson and Powell Martyrs Monument		1864	St. Joseph	37°41′43″N	87°19′30″W
17	Fayette	Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington		1893	Lexington	38°03′35″N	84°30′34″W
18	Fayette	John C. Breckinridge Memorial		1887	Lexington	38°02′53.03″N	84°29′55.17″W
19	Fayette	John Hunt Morgan Memorial		1911	Lexington	38°02′51″N	84°29′55″W	Dedicated to hometown Confederate John Hunt Morgan
20	Fayette	Ladies' Confederate Memorial		1874	Lexington	38°03′34″N	84°30′32″W
21	Franklin	Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort		1924	Frankfort	38°12′18″N	84°50′18″W
22	Franklin	Confederate Monument in Frankfort		1892	Frankfort	38°11′48″N	84°52′05″W
23	Fulton	Confederate Memorial in Fulton		1902	Fulton	36°30′N	88°52′W
24	Fulton	Confederate Memorial Gateway in Hickman		1913	Hickman	36°34′N	89°11′W	Westernmost monument on the list
25	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 died from disease.
26	Graves	Confederate Memorial Gates in Mayfield		1924	Mayfield	36°45′02″N	88°38′08″W
27	Graves	Confederate Memorial in Mayfield		1920	Mayfield	36°44′33″N	88°38′07″W
28	Harrison	Confederate Monument in Cynthiana		1869	Cynthiana	38°23′41″N	84°16′51″W	The first Kentucky monument to the Confederate States of America, and the second one anywhere
29	Hart	Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument		1884	Munfordville	37°15′27″N	85°53′46″W
30	Hart	Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument in Horse Cave		1934	Horse Cave	37°11′37″N	85°55′37″W	Only monument on the list composed of geodes
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 monument in Kentucky
33	Jefferson	Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown		1904	Jeffersontown	38°11′25″N	85°34′08″W
34	Jefferson	Confederate Monument in Louisville		1895	Louisville	38°13′06″N	85°45′43″W	Located by the University of Louisville
35	Jefferson	John B. Castleman Monument		1913	Louisville	38°14′09″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′N	84°34′W
38	Kenton	GAR Monument in Covington		1929	Covington	39°04′23″N	84°30′53″W	Northernmost monument on the list
39	Kenton	Veteran's Monument in Covington		1933	Covington	39°04′22″N	84°30′54″W	One of only two monuments in Kentucky meant to honor both sides
40	Lewis	Union Monument in Vanceburg		1884	Vanceburg	38°35′N	83°19′W	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	37°27′N	84°30′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	Second strongest sentiment to the Union of all the Kentucky monuments
44	McCracken	Confederate Monument in Paducah		1907	Paducah	37°05′10″N	88°37′24″W
45	McCracken	Lloyd Tilghman Memorial		1909	Paducah	37°04′55″N	88°37′11″W
46	Mercer	Beriah Magoffin Monument		1900	Harrodsburg	37°46′10″N	84°50′20″W	At the gravesite of Beriah Magoffin, who was Kentucky's governor when war was declared.
47	Mercer	Confederate Monument in Harrodsburg		1902	Harrodsburg	37°46′09″N	84°50′29″W
48	Montgomery	Confederate Monument of Mt. Sterling		1880	Mt. Sterling	38°03′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	Within the Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery
51	Pulaski	Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument		1875	Somerset	37°07′03″N	84°36′14″W
52	Pulaski	Confederate Mass Grave Monument in Somerset		1910	Somerset	37°03′20″N	84°44′22″W
53	Pulaski	General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument		1910	Nancy	37°04′N	84°44′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	Trigg	Confederate Monument of Cadiz		1913	Cadiz	36°52′N	87°49′W
57	Union	Confederate Monument of Morganfield		1870	Morganfield	37°41′38″N	87°54′46″W	Isolated from most of 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°02′57″N	84°43′44″W
61	Woodford	Martyrs Monument in Midway		1890	Midway	38°08′53″N	84°41′40″W

References

1. Joseph E. Brent (January 8, 1997), National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865–1935 (pdf), National Park Service

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