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…
Installed in June 1917, the Confederate Monument was not dedicated until months later, after the local UDC chapter finished raising the $2500 needed. The monument was designed by the McNeel Marble Company of Marietta, Georgia. The completed monument…