Near Crab Orchard in Lincoln County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Crab Orchard Cemetery Confederate Memorial

Crab Orchard Confederate Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 20, 2021

1. Crab Orchard Confederate Memorial

Inscription. (south side)
Here,
off duty till the last reveille,
rest the Southern soldiers, few in number,
who were slain
in this and in the adjoining counties,
during the War of Secession.
They fell among strangers,
unknown, unfriended, yet not unhonered [sic];
for strangers' hands
have gathered their ashes here
and placed this shaft above them,
that constancy, valor, sacrifice of self,
though displayed in fruitless enterprise,
may not
be unremembered.

(north side)
Constantes Esque Ad Mortem,
Animas Perjegere.

(east side)
Kentucky.
Tennessee.

(west side)
Georgia.
Texas.

Erected 1872.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 37° 27.864′ N, 84° 30.112′ W. Memorial is near Crab Orchard, Kentucky, in Lincoln County. It can be reached from the intersection of Cemetery Road (County Route 2032) and Cedar Street. Located in Crab Orchard Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Cemetery Road, Crab Orchard KY 40419, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this memorial is in Kentucky’s The Knobs.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 marker, measured as the crow flies: Grand Gateway to Kentucky (approx. ¼ mile away); On Confederate Routes (approx. half a mile away); Crab Orchard Springs (approx. half a mile away); Sportsman's Hill (approx. 2.4 miles away); A View from Sportsman’s Hill (approx. 2.4 miles away); Where Racing Turned Around (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Legacy of Sportsman’s Hill at Crab Orchard (approx. 2½ miles away); A Little Bit to Eat at the Race (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crab Orchard.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 20, 2021

2. Crab Orchard Confederate Memorial

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 20, 2021

3. Crab Orchard Confederate Memorial

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 20, 2021

4. Crab Orchard Confederate Memorial

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 20, 2021

5. Crab Orchard Confederate Memorial

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 20, 2021

6. Crab Orchard Confederate Memorial

a typical grave stone, one of 30, in the circle

Credits. This page was last revised on October 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 5, 2021. This page has been viewed 925 times since then and 33 times this year. Last updated on October 4, 2024. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 5, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.