Near Nancy in Pulaski County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Confederate Mass Grave Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 12, 2019
1. Confederate Mass Grave Memorial
knows no waking, more than one hundred
Confederate soldiers from Tennessee,
Mississippi, and Alabama, who were killed
in the Battle of Fishing Creek, Jan. 19, 1862.
We know not who they were but the whole
world knows what they were.
These died far from their homes,
but they fill heroes graves and glory
keeps ceaseless watch about their tomb.
Erected 1910 by United Confederate Veterans Association.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.
Location. 37° 3.33′ N, 84° 44.341′ W. Memorial is near Nancy, Kentucky, in Pulaski County. It can be reached from Kentucky Route 235 0.1 miles south of Route 761. Marker is at Tour Stop 2: "Zollicoffer Confederate Cemetery" of the Mill Springs Battlefield Driving Tour on the north edge of the field of symbolic grave markers. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Nancy KY 42544, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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 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: Confederate Dead (a few steps from this marker); Dawn of Battle (a few steps from this marker); "Confederate Mass Grave" (a few steps from this marker);
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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).
Regarding Confederate Mass Grave Memorial. These headstones do not mark individual graves, but serve as a memorial to all those Southern soldiers who were killed or mortally wounded far from their homes and loved ones in the Battle of Mill Springs (aka Battle of Fishing Creek). Although the Confederate dead do not lie in neat rows like the markers, their remains are here on the field (except those of General Zollicoffer and Lieutenant Bailie Peyton, 20th
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 12, 2019
2. Memorial with symbolic grave markers in distance.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 15, 2019
3. Confederate Mass Grave Memorial (Facing East)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 12, 2019
4. Confederate symbolic grave markers.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 12, 2019
5. Memorial located at Tour Stop #2, Zollicoffer Confederate Cemetery.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 676 times since then and 26 times this year. Last updated on March 3, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 18, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 3. submitted on March 5, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. 4, 5. submitted on August 18, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
