Built 1880 Opened 1880 | NRHP Reference # 97000675 Added to NRHP 17 July 1997 | |
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Location Machpelan Cemetery. 1.5 mi. E of jct. of US 460 and KY 713, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky MPS Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS Similar Confederate Monument in Harrod, Confederate Monument in Danville, Confederate Monument of Morga, Confederate Monument in Frankfort, Confederate Monument in Owens |
The Confederate Monument in Mt. Sterling overlooking Mt. Sterling, Kentucky in Montgomery County, Kentucky, commemorates those who fought for the Confederate States of America. It is inscribed by passages from the Bivouac of the Dead.
On July 17, 1997, the Confederate Monument in Mt. Sterling was one of sixty-one different monuments related 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.
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