Near Nancy in Pulaski County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Confederate Dead

Mill Springs Battleﬁeld

— National Historic Landmark —

Confederate Dead Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 12, 2019

1. Confederate Dead Marker

Inscription. After the battle, Union soldiers hastily buried the dead. They interred many of the Confederates in shallow mass graves near where they fell. Some graves were so shallow that the bodies began surfacing just days afterward. With the army gone, local men faced the gruesome task of reburial. Cold weather and bodies frozen to the ground made the horrible task even more difficult. They reinterred the remains here, at what is now Zollicoffer Park. It is thought that many of the Confederate soldiers killed in the January 19, 1862, Battle of Mill Springs lie in the mound to your left and rear.

The United Confederate Veterans placed a memorial marker on the mass grave in 1910. The stone lists no names. In the 1990s, Geoffrey Walden used unit rosters and battle reports to identify over 140 Confederate soldiers who died here. On May 26, 1997, these headstones erected in memory of the fallen Confederate soldiers were dedicated. They do not mark individual graves, but serve as a memorial to the Confederates killed or mortally wounded at the Battle of Mill Springs.

Although the Confederate dead do not lie in neat rows, their

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remains are here. The headstones are arranged by regiment in the order in which they marched into battle.

Left photo: The dedication of the Zollicoffer Monument in 1910. The United Confederate Veterans erected the monument the same year that they marked the Confederate mass grave.

Erected 2014 by Mill Springs Battlefield Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Landmarks • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the National Historic Landmarks series list. A significant historical date for this entry is January 19, 1862.

Location. 37° 3.323′ N, 84° 44.343′ W. Marker is near Nancy, Kentucky, in Pulaski County. It is on Kentucky Route 235 0.1 miles south of Route 761, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nancy KY 42544, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Lake Cumberland Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western

Mass grave memorial marker in foreground, marker in background. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 12, 2019

2. Mass grave memorial marker in foreground, marker in background.

Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dawn of Battle (here, next to this marker); "Confederate Mass Grave" (here, next to this marker); Confederate Mass Grave Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Gen'l Felix K. Zollicoffer (within shouting distance of this marker); Mill Springs Battlefield (within shouting distance of this marker); A Fatal Mistake (within shouting distance of this marker); Felix K. Zollicoffer / "Zollie Tree" (within shouting distance of this marker); The Zollie Tree (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nancy.

Other markers no longer nearby. The Dawn of Battle (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Mistaken Identity - A Deadly Error (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); "The Zollie Tree" (was within shouting distance

List of Confederate dead. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 12, 2019

3. List of Confederate dead.

of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

More about this marker. This marker replaces the marker Confederate Mass Grave

Symbolic Confederate Headstones image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 15, 2019

4. Symbolic Confederate Headstones

Marker is at the Mill Springs Battlefield Tour Stop # 2. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 12, 2019

5. Marker is at the Mill Springs Battlefield Tour Stop # 2.

The Zollicoffer Monument mentioned in text. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 12, 2019

6. The Zollicoffer Monument mentioned in text.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 24, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 626 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 24, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 4. submitted on March 5, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. 5, 6. submitted on July 24, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.