Confederate Monument in Glasgow

United States historic place

Confederate Monument in Glasgow

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| Glasgow, Kentucky
Coordinates| 36°59′44″N 85°54′45″W﻿ / ﻿36.99556°N 85.91250°W﻿ / 36.99556; -85.91250
Built| 1905
MPS| Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
NRHP reference No.| 97000717[1]
Added to NRHP| July 17, 1997

The Confederate Monument in Glasgow, Kentucky, built in 1905 by the Kentucky Women's Monumental Association and former Confederate soldier John A. Murray, commemorates those who gave their lives in service for the Confederate States of America. It is located on the side of Glasgow's courthouse. The Confederate soldier, made of bronze, is at parade rest, and features details such as a bedroll, canteen, kepi hat, and rifle. It stands on a limestone pedestal.[2][3]

Glasgow saw much action in 1862. John Hunt Morgan twice raided through the city. The most notable was Christmas Eve, when some of Morgan's men under Captain Thomas Quirk sought to celebrate the holiday at a tavern in Glasgow, which the Union 2nd Michigan Cavalry also did, leading to a skirmish. Two Union and Three Confederate soldiers were killed, and the Union cavalry retreated to Cave City, leaving Glasgow in Morgan's hands. Braxton Bragg went through the town on his way to capturing Kentucky's capital of Frankfort and the Battle of Perryville.[4]

The President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, gave a Medal of Honor to one enlisted man in every company that gave the Confederacy a "signal victory". With seven such men, Barren County, whose county seat is Glasgow, had more such medalists than any other county in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Four of these came from the Battle of Stone's River, and three were from the Battle of Chickamauga; both battles were fought in Tennessee, not Kentucky.[4] It was remembering this valor of his fellow Confederate soldiers who hailed from Barren County that Nelson County native John A. Murray had the Confederate Monument in Glasgow built, with the help of a ladies association.[5]

On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty different monuments to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. Twenty-three of these monuments, including Glasgow's, had cast soldiers as part of the memorial, and Glasgow's is one of ten such soldier monuments in Kentucky that is on a courthouse lawn.[6]

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1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#97000717)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. ^ Civil War in Kentucky
3. ^ Brent, Joseph E. (January 8, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935" (pdf). National Park Service. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
4. ^ a b KY:Historical Society – Historical Marker Database – Search for Markers
5. ^ Johnson, Polk. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians, pp. 1418.
6. ^ Brent pp. F-1.

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List of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky

Union|

* Covington
* Frankfort
* Lebanon (Offutt)
* Louisville
* Louisville (Bloedner)
* Perryville
* Vanceburg

Confederate|

* Augusta
* Bardstown
* Bowling Green
* Bowling Green (Perry)
* Cadiz
* Crab Orchard
* Cynthiana
* Danville
* Eminence
* Fairview
* Frankfort
* Fulton
* Georgetown
* Glasgow
* Harrodsburg
* Hickman
* Hopkinsville (Fountain)
* Hopkinsville (Latham)
* Horse Cave
* Jeffersontown
* Lawrenceburg
* Lexington
* Lexington (Breckinridge)
* Lexington (Ladies)
* Lexington (Morgan)
* Louisville
* Louisville (Castleman)
* Mayfield (Gates)
* Mayfield (Fountain)
* Midway
* Morganfield
* Mt. Sterling
* Munfordville (Smith)
* Murray
* Nancy (Mass Grave)
* Nancy (Zollicoffer)
* Nicholasville
* Owensboro
* Owingsville
* Paducah
* Paducah (Tilghman)
* Paris
* Perryville
* Perryville (Unknown)
* Pewee Valley
* Princeton
* Russellville
* St. Joseph (T&P)
* Somerset
* Tebbs Bend
* Versailles
* Water Valley

Both|

* Covington
* Harrodsburg (Magoffin)
* Morgantown

See also: Kentucky in the American Civil War

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Glasgow, Kentucky

Subject areas|

* Climate
* Demographics
* Education
* Geography
* History
* Media
* Notable people
* Politics

Points of Interest|

* Barren River Lake
* Barren River Lake State Resort Park
* Confederate Monument in Glasgow
* Fort Williams
* Plaza Theatre
* South Central Kentucky Cultural Center

Industry|

* Glasgow Electric Plant Board
* Mid-State Recycling
* Sitel
* South Central Rural Telephone Cooperative
* T.J. Samson Community Hospital
* Walmart of Glasgow

Education|

* Barren County Schools
* Barren County High School
* Glasgow High School
* Glasgow Independent Schools
* WKU-Glasgow

Media|

* Barren County Progress
* Glasgow Daily Times
* WCDS
* WCLU
* WHHT
* WLYE-FM
* WLLI
* WPTQ

Events|

* 400-Mile Sale
* Glasgow Highland Games
* Roller Coaster Yard Sale

Transportation|

* Glasgow Transit

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