Kuttawa in Lyon County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

In Honor of Cobb's Battery

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 20, 2021

1. In Honor of Cobb's Battery Marker

Inscription.
Organized near this spot

Erected by Lyon-Stone-Gracey Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy of Kuttawa and Eddyville.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.

Location. 37° 4.634′ N, 88° 5.975′ W. Memorial is in Kuttawa, Kentucky, in Lyon County. It is on Lake Barkley Drive (Kentucky Route 295) 0.1 miles north of Mint Spring Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Kuttawa KY 42055, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the 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 3 miles of this

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marker, measured as the crow flies: Eddyville Furnace / Iron Made in Kentucky (approx. 0.2 miles away); Andrew Jackson Smith (approx. 1.2 miles away); Lyon County, 1854 (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mineral Mound Home Site (approx. 1½ miles away); New Union Forge / Iron Made in Kentucky (approx. 1½ miles away); Mineral Mound (approx. 1.7 miles away); Kelly Kettle (approx. 2.1 miles away); Dr. George M. Huggans (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kuttawa.

Also see . . . Cobb's Battery (Wikipedia). (Submitted on March 22, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 20, 2021

2. In Honor of Cobb's Battery Marker

Hylan B. Lyon image. Click for full size.

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3. Hylan B. Lyon

He initially organized the unit at Mint Spring, Kuttawa in 1861.

Maj. Robert Cobb image. Click for full size.

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4. Maj. Robert Cobb

He took command of the battery after Lyon was promoted to general. As part of the famed "Orphan Brigade," the battery fought at Shiloh, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, among others.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 22, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 672 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 22, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.