The Confederate Monument in Lawrenceburg,

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is an carved granite figure on a granite pedestal which was built in 1894 by the Kentucky Women's Monumental Association, a predecessor of the

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, an organization founded in that year. Its governing body is the government of Lawrenceburg. It shows a

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soldier dressed in a winter coat with a rifle held vertically before him. Around the pedestal of the monument may be found the names of the Confederate regiments raised in Anderson County and a list of those men wounded or killed during the war. There were a few

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skirmishes at Lawrenceburg, The Battle of Lawrenceburg and the Battle of Dog Walk, just before the

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in October 1862. In particular, the Union Ninth Kentucky Cavalry fought the Confederate cavalry under Colonel Scott on October 6, 1862. Confederate troops that would control Frankfort had marched through the town. In later years, the local area saw guerrilla warfare, which force the creation of a Union Home Guard unit in the town.Kleber, John E. ''The Kentucky Encyclopedia''. (University Press of Kentucky). pg.537. On July 17, 1997, the Lawrenceburg Confederate Monument was one of sixty different monuments related to the

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placed on the

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, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky

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. It is one of ten monuments of soldiers in the Multiple Property Submission on a courthouse lawn The Kentucky Women's Monumental Association was a predecessor of the

, an organization founded in 1894. The Kentucky association was one of a number formed to honor "the dead of those who fought for the Southern cause", addressing "the specter of death hung over the South." The United Daughters of the Confederacy, a unified association that was a successor, actually was named National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy from 1894 to 1895. It is directly credited with 15 monuments now listed on the U.S. National Register. In recent years the UDC has been in the news for winning a court case with Vanderbilt University over continued use of

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as the name of a building financed by the UDC.

Gallery

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Confederate Monument In Lawrenceburg 1894 sculptures Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Anderson County, Kentucky Outdoor sculptures in Kentucky United Daughters of the Confederacy monuments and memorials 1894 establishments in Kentucky