Murray in Calloway County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Confederate Memorial (Murray, Kentucky)

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, August 14, 2021

1. Confederate Memorial (Murray, Kentucky) Marker

Inscription.
[Front (north) side] Confederate Soldiers
[Left (west) side] Murray, KY May 1917
[Rear (south) side] Erected by J. N. Williams Chapter UDC
[Right (east) side] In Loving Remembrance

Erected 1917 by J.N. Williams 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° 36.624′ N, 88° 18.137′ W. Memorial is in Murray, Kentucky, in Calloway County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (Kentucky Route 94) and North 4th Street (Business U.S. 641), on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Monument is at northeast corner of Calloway County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 South 5th Street, Murray KY 42071, 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,

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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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: County Named, 1822 (within shouting distance of this marker); Calloway County War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); First Christian Church (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Cooperative Program (about 400 feet away); Will Linn House (about 700 feet away); Ryan Farm Barn (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Courthouse (approx. one mile away); Waters Schoolhouse (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Murray.

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, August 14, 2021

2. Confederate Memorial (Murray, Kentucky) Marker

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, August 14, 2021

3. Confederate Memorial (Murray, Kentucky) Marker

Confederate Monument in Murray image. Click for more information.

via NPS, unknown

4. Confederate Monument in Murray

National Register of Historic Places Digital Archive on NPGallery website entry
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Secondary plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tracy Marsteller, August 14, 2021

5. Secondary plaque

It reads:
"Tribute to
Effie Oury Gatlin
Chairman Monument
Con. 1913-1917

Credits. This page was last revised on January 2, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2021. This page has been viewed 423 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 16, 2021. 4. submitted on January 2, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 5. submitted on August 16, 2021.