Confederate Monument of Bardstown - Bardstown, Kentucky - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

It was erected in 1903 by the J. Crepps Wickliffe Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the state's most active monument-raising organization. The zinc figure of a Confederate soldier holding a rifle with both hands in front of him rests atop a multi-sectioned, ornamental pedestal with a limestone base. Directly beneath the figure is a relief portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Monument text reads:
"This monument is erected to the memory of the 67 brave men buried here, who lost their lives in the service of the Confederate Government ~ "Lord God of Hosts be with us yet, Lest we forget, Lest we forget."
"Marble tells not of their valors' worth nameless they rest in the quiet earth."
"We care not whence they came, Dear in their lifeless clay; Whether unknown or known to fame, Their cause and country still the same, they died and wore the gray."

The following is cited from the original application made to the National Register of Historic Places on 4/23/1997:

Description: The Confederate Monument in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Bardstown, Kentucky is 15 feet tall and nearly five feet wide at the base. The monument is made of cast zinc and rests upon a base made effaced limestone. The monument is predominately a Confederate soldier standing atop a pedestal holding a rifle. On the base directly beneath the soldier is a frieze of Robert E. Lee. Below the Lee relief is a section of the base that contains four panels. The one directly beneath Lee is inscribed. The other three have reliefs of crossed cannons or flags. Below the panels the monument is stepped down four times. Three of the four steps are part of the zinc cast, and the last is the limestone base. On the face of the first two are inscriptions. The last is cast to resemble stone.

Statement of Significance: The Confederate Monument in Bardstown meets National Register criterion A and is significant within the context "Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1861 -1935." This monument was erected in 1903 by the J. Crepps Wickliffe Chapter of the United Daughter of the Confederacy (UDC). The UDC was responsible for erecting numerous monuments in the state of Kentucky. The UDC was one of last organizations to begin to erect monuments, but was by far the most prolific. At least 15 monument in Kentucky can directly be attributed to them. This monument was erected in a cemetery as were most of the monuments in Kentucky and this one was constructed to honor the 67 Confederate soldiers buried around it. This is a good example of the property type "statue."

Verbal Boundary Description: -The Confederate Monument includes a rectangular concrete boundary that extends around the statute approximately 15 feet to the north and south and approximately 25 feet on the east and west sides. The are square concrete "posts" at the comers of the concrete perimeter. The boundary is open in the middle of the southern section with a step down. Inscribed on the concrete of the opening is "Our Confederate Dead." The Confederate monument is located in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Verbal Boundary Justification: - The area associated with the monument is restricted to the ground on which the monument sits and a small buffer around it. The setting outside such a restricted area is not seen as critically important to maintaining an integrity of association. Because the focus of the multiple property submissions is the significance of the monuments, their proposed area of listing will reflect that they have been considered by-and-large, in isolation from their surrounds.



The soldiers who are burried including 17 unknowns are:

Alabama:
16th Infantry: Co. C-Moses Hart 10-7-1862
28th Infantry: Co. D-1st Lt Robert AJ Armstrong 10-1-1862
Co. D-William Bearden 1862
Co. D-William G McCay 11-12-1862
Co. E-John A Bailey 10-23-1862
Co. F-Jesse Twilley 1862
Co. L-J F Keeton 10-27-1862
33rd Infantry: Co. I-John H Tomlin 10-24-1862
34th Infantry: Co. A-Robert W Carlton 10-8-1862
Co. E-John M Arant 10-8-1862
39th Infantry: Co. B-Augustus Glover 9-28-1862
Co. H-Thomas R Cain 11-7-1862
45th Infantry: Co. I:corp. S W Bullock 11-12-1862

Arkansas:
2nd Infantry: Co. A-William Ayers 10-1-1862
Co. B Patrick Greley 1862
5th Infantry: Co. E-H S Cochran 9-27-1862

Florida:
1st Infantry: Co. H-Corp. John E Tippens 9-26-1862
3rd Infantry: Co. A-James Clark 9-29-1862
Co. A-Lawrence John Fatio 10-12-1862
Co. A-Serg. George A Walker 10-22-1862
Co. E-Blackman Dixon 9-28-1862
Co. E-John S Donaldson 9-28-1862
Co. E-John Llambias 1862
Co. F-Serg. R Wilson Braddock 10-17-1862

Georgia:
5th Infantry: Co. K-John W Eason 10-15-1862
56th: Co. G-William J M Spruell 10-24-1862

Mississippi:
7th Infantry: Co. E-Thomas W Bruke 10-31-1862
8th Infantry: Co. F-William H. Finley 9-29-1862
10th Infantry: Co. A-B F Glaze 10-3-1862
27th Infantry: Co. K-Williams S Cowley 9-30-1862
32nd Infantry: Co. B-George Strickland 9-26-1862
Co. E-John R Courson 10-1-1862
Co. E-Martin V Ducan 10-1-1862
Co. E-Abraham Gassett 10-1-1862
34th Infantry: Co. C-Albert C Wilson 10-3-1862
Co. G-John R Coker 11-10-1862
Co. H-Williams P Box 9-24-1862
37th Infantry: Co. K-Charles Allerson 10-8-1862
41st Infantry: Co. G-Samuel R Caples 10-30-1862
Co. G-William L Dudley 10-20-1862

South Carolina:
10th: Co. E-Edward T Ray 10-4-1862
19th Infantry: Co. B-James Dunn 10-15-1862

Tennessee:
2nd Co. G-William Laughlin 1861
5th: Co. G-Serg. Samuel P Kendall 10-27-1862
17th Infantry: Co. H-Mitchell Fowler 11-3-1862
33rd Infantry: Co. E- Michael Roach 10-13-1862
44th Infantry:
Consolidated: Pvt. James Henry-born 1822 10-13-1862
Co. B-2nd Lt. John B Isom 11-11-1862
154th Infantry: Co. F-Thomas Carlin 10-26-1862

Unknown States:
9th Infantry: Co. C-2nd Lt. J M Pugh 10-2-1862
Co. F-John Green 1863

Street address: 0.3 mi. S of jct. of US 31e and US 208 Bardstown , KY United States 40004 County / Borough / Parish: Nelson Year listed: 1997 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Historic function: Recreation And Culture Current function: Recreation And Culture Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2009 To: 12/31/2009 Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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