List of Civil War Monuments of Kentucky

List of Civil War Monuments of Kentucky

The list of Civil War Monuments of Kentucky lists the 60 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), only one of the 62 monuments were dedicated to Union forces.

The only Union monument erected in Kentucky by public subscription is located in Vanceburg, on the Lewis County Courthouse square. It is the only Union monument of its kind to be erected south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Confederate memorials erected before 1900 were a "memorialization of the Lost Cause" and those after 1900 were a "celebration of the Confederacy". The "Lost Cause" monuments were not much more than regular gravestones. The first such monument was the Confederate Monument in Cynthiana erected in 1869. Later monuments were more elaborate. These monuments never endorsed slavery, but instead focused on state's rights. citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64500229.pdf National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935] |1.81 MiB |date=January 8, 1997 |author=Joseph E. Brent |publisher=National Park Service]

Two prominent monuments were not on the list because 1) they were already listed on the National Register, and 2) They were significantly different from the sixty listed. These were the Jefferson Davis Monument in Fairview, Kentucky and Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace.

References

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/970725.htm National Register of Historic Places Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties 7/14/97 through 7/18/97]
* [http://www.trailsrus.com/civilwar/ The Civil War in Kentucky] , TrailsRUs.com website


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