Perryville in Boyle County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Unknown Confederate Soldiers
Goodnight Family Cemetery
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 16, 2019
1. Unknown Confederate Soldiers Marker
To mark the burial place of an unascertained number of Confederate soldiers said to have died while prisoners of war at the Goodknight farmhouse from wounds received at the Battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862, whose graves cannot be identified and whose names are unknown.
Erected by The United States.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is October 8, 1862.
Location. 37° 40.737′ N, 84° 57.281′ W. Memorial is in Perryville, Kentucky, in Boyle County. It can be reached from Claunch Road 1.8 miles west of Harrodsburg Road (U.S. 68), on the left when traveling west. Monument is about 250 yards beyond the end of Claunch Road on private property. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Perryville KY 40468, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western 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: Carnes' Battery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Stanford's Battery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Kirkland Home (approx. 0.6 miles away); Battle of Perryville (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Opening Attack (approx. Ύ mile away); Sgt. Harris B. Cope Memorial (approx. Ύ mile
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Other markers no longer nearby. Donelson's Attack (was approx. 0.7 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Stewart's Advance (was approx. 0.8 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Battle of Perryville (was approx. 0.8 miles away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it); Maney's Attack (was approx. 0.8 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Also see . . . The Goodnight Farmhouse and Cemetery at the Battle of Perryville. Kentucky Organization of Professional Archaeologists (KYOPA) website entry (Submitted on November 23, 2019.)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2019, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 522 times since then and 20 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on November 22, 2019, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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