Frankfort in Franklin County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Kentucky War Memorial

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1. Kentucky War Memorial

Inscription.

Kentucky War Memorial. . Mexico Lt. J. W. Powell Boonsborough Harmar's Defeat Capt. J. McMurtry Wayne's Campaign Col. John Hardin Monterey Maj. P. N. Barbour Buena Vista Col. William R. McKee . Lieut. Col. Henry Clay . Adjutant E. P. Vaughn Raisin Col. John Allen . Maj. Benjamin Graves . Capt. John Woolfolk . Capt. N. G. S. Hart . Capt. James Meade . Capt. Robert Edwards Raisin Capt. Virgil McCracken . Capt. William Price . Capt. John Edmundson . Capt. John Simpson . Capt. Paschal Hickman . Lieut. John Williamson, Military Monument Erected by Kentucky A. D. 1850, Thames Col. William Whitlen . Capt. Elijah Craig Indian Wars Col. John Floyd . Col. Nath. Hart . Col. Walker Damiel . Col. Wm. Christian . Col. Ric. Calloway . Col. Ja. Harrod Indian Wars Col. William Lynn . Maj. Evan Shelby . Maj. Bland Ballard . Capt. Chris Irvine . Capt. William McAfee . Capt. John Kennedy Indian Wars Capt. Chris. Crepps . Capt. Rogers . Capt. Willm. Bryant . Capt. Chapman . Capt. McCracken Indian Wars Capt. James Shelby . Capt. Samuel Grant . Surv. Hanck. Taylor . Surv. Willis Lee Little Big Horne By order of the legislature, the name of Lieut. John J. Crittenden, 20th U. S. Infantry, A brave Kentuckian, who was killed in the Battle of Little Big Horn, on the 25th of June 1876, while preforming his duty is inscribed hereon. Raisin Lieut. Robert Logan . Lieut. Thos. C. Graves . Lieut. Thos. Overton . Lieut. Francis Chinn . Ensign Levi Wells . Ensign Shawhan Raisin Surgn. Alx. Montgonery . Surgn. Thomas C. Davis . Surgn. John Irvin . Surgn. Thos. McIlvaine, The principal battles and campaigns in which her sons devoted their lives to their country are inscribed on the bands, and beneath the same are the names of her officers who fell the names of her soldiers, who died for their country, are too numerous to be inscribed on any column., Cerro Cordo New Orleans Massissinaway St. Clair's Defeat Col. Willm. Oldham Estill's Defeat Capt. James Estill . Lieut. South Tippecanoe Col. Joseph H. Daviess . Col. Abram. Owen . Capt. Jacob Warrick Fort Meigs Col. William Dudley . Capt. John C. Morrison . Capt. Chrisr. Irvine . Capt. Joseph Clark . Capt. Thomas Lewis Blue Licks Col. John Todd . Col. Stephen Trigg . Maj. Silas Harlan . Maj. William McBride . Capt. Edward Bulger . Capt. Isaac Boone, Kentucky has erected this column in greatitude equally to her officers and soldiers Unites States Navy Lieut. John Gunnell Talbot, Drowned at Kalihikai, December 19, 1870. Lieut. Hugh Willson McKee, Killed in Corea, June 11, 1871. Master Alfred Foree, Drowned off Greytown, April 12, 1872. All in the performance of duty., By order of the legislature, the name of Col. J. J. Hardin, of the 1st regt. Illinois Infantry, A son of Kentucky who fell at the Battle of Buena Vista is inscribed hereon..

Mexico
Lt. J. W. Powell
Boonsborough
Harmar's Defeat
Capt. J. McMurtry
Wayne's Campaign
Col. John Hardin
Monterey
Maj. P. N. Barbour
Buena Vista
Col. William R. McKee • Lieut. Col. Henry Clay • Adjutant E. P. Vaughn
Raisin
Col. John Allen • Maj. Benjamin Graves • Capt. John Woolfolk • Capt. N. G. S. Hart • Capt. James Meade • Capt. Robert Edwards
Raisin
Capt. Virgil McCracken • Capt. William Price • Capt. John Edmundson • Capt. John Simpson • Capt. Paschal Hickman • Lieut. John Williamson

Military Monument
Erected by
Kentucky
A. D. 1850

Thames
Col. William Whitlen • Capt. Elijah Craig
Indian Wars
Col. John Floyd • Col. Nath. Hart • Col. Walker Damiel • Col. Wm. Christian • Col. Ric. Calloway • Col. Ja. Harrod
Indian Wars
Col. William Lynn • Maj. Evan Shelby • Maj. Bland Ballard • Capt. Chris Irvine • Capt. William McAfee • Capt. John Kennedy
Indian Wars
Capt. Chris. Crepps • Capt. Rogers • Capt. Willm. Bryant • Capt. Chapman • Capt. McCracken
Indian Wars
Capt. James Shelby • Capt. Samuel Grant • Surv. Hanck. Taylor • Surv. Willis Lee
Little

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Big Horne
By order of the legislature,
the name of
Lieut. John J. Crittenden,
20th U. S. Infantry,
A brave Kentuckian,
who was killed in the Battle
of Little Big Horn,
on the 25th of June 1876,
while preforming his duty
is inscribed hereon.
Raisin
Lieut. Robert Logan • Lieut. Thos. C. Graves • Lieut. Thos. Overton • Lieut. Francis Chinn • Ensign Levi Wells • Ensign Shawhan
Raisin
Surgn. Alx. Montgonery • Surgn. Thomas C. Davis • Surgn. John Irvin • Surgn. Thos. McIlvaine

The principal battles and campaigns
in which her sons devoted
their lives to their country
are inscribed on the bands, and beneath the same
are the names of her officers who fell
the names of her soldiers,
who died for their country,
are too numerous to be inscribed on any column.

Cerro Cordo
New Orleans
Massissinaway
St. Clair's Defeat
Col. Willm. Oldham
Estill's Defeat
Capt. James Estill • Lieut. South
Tippecanoe
Col. Joseph H. Daviess • Col. Abram. Owen • Capt. Jacob Warrick
Fort Meigs
Col. William Dudley • Capt. John C. Morrison • Capt. Chrisr. Irvine • Capt. Joseph Clark • Capt. Thomas Lewis
Blue Licks
Col.

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2. Kentucky War Memorial

John Todd • Col. Stephen Trigg • Maj. Silas Harlan • Maj. William McBride • Capt. Edward Bulger • Capt. Isaac Boone

Kentucky has erected
this column
in greatitude equally
to her officers
and soldiers
Unites States Navy
Lieut. John Gunnell Talbot,
Drowned at Kalihikai,
December 19, 1870.
Lieut. Hugh Willson McKee,
Killed in Corea,
June 11, 1871.
Master Alfred Foree,
Drowned off Greytown,
April 12, 1872.
All in the performance of duty.

By order of the legislature,
the name of
Col. J. J. Hardin,
of the 1st regt. Illinois Infantry,
A son of Kentucky
who fell at the Battle of Buena Vista
is inscribed hereon.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 38° 11.622′ N, 84° 51.889′ W. Memorial is in Frankfort, Kentucky, in Franklin County. It is on East Main Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 215 E Main St, Frankfort KY 40601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region.

It is also in the American

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3. Kentucky War Memorial

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 walking distance of this marker: The Persian Gulf War (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam Conflict (a few steps from this marker); Korean Conflict (a few steps from this marker); War Of Independence (a few steps from this marker); Civil War (a few steps from this marker); War of 1812 (a few steps from this marker); World War I (a few steps from this marker); Spanish-American War (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Frankfort.

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4. Kentucky War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 671 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 8, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.