Mayfield in Graves County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Graves County Confederate Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 20, 2021

1. Graves County Confederate Memorial

Inscription.
To the memory
of the
Confederate soldiers
of Graves County

Erected 1917 by Graves County Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

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. 36° 44.489′ N, 88° 38.112′ W. Memorial is in Mayfield, Kentucky, in Graves County. It is on East Broadway east of South 7th Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is on Graves County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Mayfield KY 42066, 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

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within walking distance of this marker: Operation Desert Storm (within shouting distance of this marker); Colonel Herschel H. Green (within shouting distance of this marker); County Named, 1823 (within shouting distance of this marker); Secession Abandoned (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Daniel R. Merritt (1833-1907) (about 500 feet away); First Baptist Church (about 600 feet away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Two Successful Raids (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mayfield.

Also see . . . Confederate Memorial in Mayfield. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on March 23, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

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2. Confederate Memorial in Mayfield

National Register of Historic Places Digital Archive on NPGallery website entry
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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 20, 2021

3. Graves County Confederate Memorial

Graves County Courthouse in background.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 636 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 23, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on February 15, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on March 23, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.