Confederate Monument in Cynthiana

Confederate Monument in Cynthiana - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Confederate Monument in Cynthiana is located on the outer edge of Cynthiana, Kentucky in Battle Grove Cemetery. It was the first monument to the Confederate States of America dedicated in the State of Kentucky, and long believed to be the first Confederate memorial anywhere.The Confederate Monument (Battle Grove) Due to the 32nd Indiana Monument having been moved from its original location, the Cynthiana monument is the oldest Civil War monument still standing at its original location, where the second Battle of Cynthiana started, in the then-new town cemetery.Civil War in Kentucky Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1869

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