Confederate Memorial (Nicholasville, Kentucky)
Confederate
A seven-foot soldier, clutching a rifle and bayonet with both hands and with a knapsack slung across his shoulder. Bennett Young, a son of Jessamine County and the leader of the infamous St. Albans Raid on October 19, 1864, gave the dedicatory address, which followed the typical Lost Cause strains. Young would go on to become one of the preeminent Confederate memorialists in the nation.
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
Artist:
Dedication Date:
1896-06-15
Address:
Nicholasville
Jessamine
Kentucky
USA
Inscription:
Clockwise from the front:
1) “Our Confederate Dead Who they were few may know What they were all know 1861 -1865”
2) “Nor braver bled for brighter land nor brighter land had a cause so grand”
3) “On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread and glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead”
4) “The muffled drums sad roll has beat the soldier's last tattoo no more on life's parade shall meet the brave and daring few.”
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Conception Date:
1880-05-01
Opening Date:
1896-06-01
Material:
Bronze,Granite
Size:
m x m x m
Creator:
G.H. Mitchell
Cost / Value:
$1500
Erected by:
Jessamine Confederate Memorial Association
Funded by:
Veterans and Jessamine County Memorial Association
Run by:
Indigenous Land
Adena, Hopewell, Yuchi, Shawnee
Organization/Curator:
Data Sources:
Jessamine Journal
Brent, Joseph, Application for “National Register of Historic Places: Nicholasville Confederate Memorial,” OMB No. 1024-0018, June 2, 1997.
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