Southgate in Campbell County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Brigadier General George Baird Hodge

April 8, 1828-August 1, 1892

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Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 19, 2025

1. Brigadier General George Baird Hodge Marker

Inscription. George Hodge was born in Fleming County, KY and attended the U.S. Naval Academy. He was promoted to lieutenant but resigned his commission to become an attorney and a member of the Kentucky State legislature. He joined the Confederate Army as a private in 1861. He was soon chosen to represent Kentucky in the Provisional Confederate Congress and in the First Confederate Congress. He was promoted to captain and assistant adjunct general in the First Kentucky Brigade. Then, he was promoted to Major for gallantry at the Battle of Shiloh. In 1865, his commission as Brigadier General was approved. After the Civil War, he continued his law practice in Newport and was a member of the Kentucky State Senate from 1873-1877. He died and was buried in 1892 in Florida, where he had moved to become an orange farmer. He was re-interred here in 1903.

Erected by Evergreen Cemetery. (Marker Number Stop 2.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 39° 4.105′ N, 84° 28.128′ W. Marker is in Southgate, Kentucky, in Campbell County. It can be reached from the intersection of Alexandria Pike (U.S. 27) and the Evergreen Cemetery entrance

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, on the right when traveling south. It is in the cemetery, Section 6, Lot 14. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 25 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas KY 41075, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Outer Bluegrass. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

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: Major David Leitch Monument (a few steps from this marker); Major David Leitch (a few steps from this marker); James Taylor Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); William Horsfall (within shouting distance of this marker); William H. Horsfall (within shouting distance of this marker); Brent Spence (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of the Civil War Veterans Buried in Soldiers Lot (within shouting distance of this marker); Samuel Bigstaff (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southgate.

Also see . . . Wikipedia entry for George Baird Hodge.

George Baird Hodge was an attorney, Confederate politician, colonel and acting general from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He commanded a cavalry brigade at various times and was paroled as a brigadier general at the end of the war but his appointment as a brigadier general by Confederate President Jefferson Davis was rejected twice by the Confederate States Senate.

(Submitted on August 8, 2025.)

Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 19, 2025

2. Brigadier General George Baird Hodge Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 144 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 8, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.