List of Civil War Monuments of Kentucky

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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. ^[1]

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.

	County	Monument name	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 law
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 Battlefiels SHS
7	Boyle	Union Monument in Perryville	1928	Perryville	37°40′30"N	84°58′17"W	By the park office of Perryville Battlefiels SHS
8	Boyle	Unknown Confederate Dead Monument in Perryville	1928	Perryville	37°40′N	84°58′W
9	Bracken	Confederate Monument in Augusta	1903	Augusta	38°46′N	84°00′W
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
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
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
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
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	Easternmost monument on the list
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
43	Marion	Captain Andrew Offutt Monument	1921	Lebanon	37°34′24″N	85°14′30″W
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	M7ercer	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