Lexington in Fayette County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Confederate Soldiers Monument

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Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 11, 2019

1. Confederate Soldier Monument

Inscription.
C.S.A

(The names of 160 Confederate soldiers that are buried in the Lexington Cemetery are listed on the four faces of the pedestal)

C.V.A.

Erected 1893.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 38° 3.6′ N, 84° 30.54′ W. Monument is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County. It can be reached from West Main Street (U.S. 421) 0.1 miles west of Newtown Pike (Kentucky Route 922), on the right when traveling west. The memorial is located in Section P of the Lexington Cemetery. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 833 West Main Street, Lexington KY 40508, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument 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: Ladies' Confederate Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lexington National Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); A National Cemetery System (approx. 0.2 miles away); Address by President Lincoln (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bicentennial Tree (approx. 0.2 miles away); Henry Clay (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mary Desha (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lexington Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.

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this monument. The Confederate Soldier Monument was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997.

Also see . . . Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington. (Submitted on March 3, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 3, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 626 times since then and 33 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on March 3, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.