Kirkland Home, Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky
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krsmith2
N 37° 40.340 W 084° 57.775
16S E 679652 N 4171413
What the war brought to the Kirkland home.
Waymark Code: WMHZT8
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2013
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Kirkland Home
Near here was the home of Charles King and Caroline Purdom Kirkland. To escape the Battle of Perryville, they traveled with their 3 young children 10 miles south to the home of Caroline’s father in Forkland. When they returned a few days later, they found their home had been used as a hospital and much of their property destroyed.
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Their blood-stained dining room table was used for operations and their clothes torn for bandages. Furniture, fences, & outbuildings were burned for fuel and farm animals killed for food. Soldiers were buried poorly in the yard; after a rain their limbs protruded from the soil. With these horrific conditions, the family moved, sold the farm, and never returned
Marker Name: Kirkland Home
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number (for official markers): 2391
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society & Kentucky Department of Highways
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