Architect Pool & Co. Opened 1870 | Built 1870 NRHP Reference # 97000692 Added to NRHP 17 July 1997 | |
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MPS Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS Similar Confederate Monument of Bardst, Confederate Monument in Harrod, Confederate Monument in Danville, Confederate Monument of Morga, Confederate Monument in Frankfort | ||
The Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence, Kentucky, notes the burial spot of three Confederate prisoners who were shot while imprisoned. The names of the victims were William Datbor, William Tighe, and R. W. Yates. It was done in retaliation for the deaths of two African-Americans and authorized by Union General Burbridge's Order 59, which allowed for the execution of Confederate soldiers.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, one of sixty Kentucky Civil War monuments placed on the Register on the same day.
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Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA