Confederate Monument of Bardstown | |
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| Location | Bardstown, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 37°49′27.76″N 85°27′41.61″W / 37.8243778°N 85.4615583°W |
| Built | 1903 |
| MPS | Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000674 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1997 |
The Confederate Monument of Bardstown, in Bardstown, Kentucky[2] was erected in 1903 in the Bardstown St. Joseph's Cemetery to honor the sacrifice of 67 Confederate States Army soldiers, who died during the American Civil War. Some 17 of the soldiers are still unknown.
Most of the soldiers were under the command of Major General Braxton Bragg who died in 1862 in conflicts around Bardstown.
The monument was dedicated by the J. Crepps Wickliffe Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The base is made of limestone, and the statue of the Confederate soldier was made of zinc. A relief portrait of General Robert E. Lee is located directly beneath the statue.
The inscription reads:[3]
Lord God of hosts, Be with us yet; Lest we forget, Lest we forget. Marble tells not of their valor's worth, Nameless, they rest in quiet earth.
We care not whence they came, Dear is their lifeless clay; Whether unknown, or known to fame, their cause and country still the same, they died and wore the gray.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, one of sixty monuments to the American Civil War in Kentucky so honored on the same day. Starting in early autumn of 1999 the Sons of Confederate Veterans endeavored to restore and erect the individual gravemarkers.
