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The Confederate Monument of Bardstown, in Bardstown, Kentucky 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.
File:Bardstown_Confederate_Memorial_3.jpg, May 2008
File:Confederate_Monument_of_Bardstown_closer.JPG, January 2009
SCV article on the Monument
Includes list of known Confederate soldiers interred there.
{{American Civil War monuments in Kentucky Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS National Register of Historic Places in Bardstown, Kentucky Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Kentucky Zinc sculptures in the United States 1903 sculptures 1903 establishments in Kentucky Monuments and memorials to Robert E. Lee
The Confederate Monument of Bardstown, in Bardstown, Kentucky 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.
History
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 GeneralRobert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Nort ...
is located directly beneath the statue.
The inscription reads:
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.See also
* Louisville in the American Civil War * Kentucky in the American Civil WarReferences
External links
SCV article on the Monument
Includes list of known Confederate soldiers interred there.
{{American Civil War monuments in Kentucky Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS National Register of Historic Places in Bardstown, Kentucky Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Kentucky Zinc sculptures in the United States 1903 sculptures 1903 establishments in Kentucky Monuments and memorials to Robert E. Lee