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Near Mount Sterling in Montgomery County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
 

Montgomery County Confederate Monument

Machpelah Cemetery

 
 
Montgomery County Confederate Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 21, 2021
1. Montgomery County Confederate Monument
Inscription. To Montgomery County Confederate Soldiers

The muffled drums sad roll has beat
The soldier’s last tattoo;
No more on life’s parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame’s eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
 
Erected 1880.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US Civil.
 
Location. 38° 3.519′ N, 83° 55.973′ W. Monument is near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from East Locust Street/Spencer Road (Kentucky Route 713) 0.9 miles west of Indian Mound Drive ( Route 686), on the right when traveling west. Located in Machpelah Cemetery. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 600 E Locust St, Mount Sterling KY 40353, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Kentucky’s Outer Bluegrass. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere,

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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: Mount Sterling Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Little Mountain Indian Mound (approx. 0.4 miles away); Montgomery County Kentucky Vietnam Casualties (approx. half a mile away); Montgomery County World War II Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Montgomery County Kentucky World War I Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Montgomery County Korean War Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mt. Sterling, Kentucky (approx. 0.6 miles away); Montgomery County. 1797 (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Sterling.
 
Regarding Montgomery County Confederate Monument. This was one of 61 different monuments related to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
 
Montgomery County Confederate Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 21, 2021
2. Montgomery County Confederate Monument
Montgomery County Confederate Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 21, 2021
3. Montgomery County Confederate Monument
Montgomery County Confederate Monument column detail image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 21, 2021
4. Montgomery County Confederate Monument column detail
Montgomery County Confederate Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 21, 2021
5. Montgomery County Confederate Monument
the star finial on top of the column
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 653 times since then and 28 times this year. Last updated on April 28, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 27, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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