Near Perryville in Boyle County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Kirkland Home

Photographed by Ken Smith, August 18, 2013

1. Kirkland Home Marker

Inscription. Near here was the home of Charles King and Caroline Purdom Kirkland. To escape the Battle of Perryville, they traveled with their 3 young children 10 miles south to the home of Caroline’s father in Forkland. When they returned a few days later, they found their home had been used as a hospital and much of their property destroyed.

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Their blood-stained dining room table was used for operations and their clothes torn for bandages. Furniture, fences, & outbuildings were burned for fuel and farm animals killed for food. Soldiers were buried poorly in the yard; after a rain their limbs protruded from the soil. With these horrific conditions, the family moved, sold the farm, and never returned.

Erected 2013 by Kentucky Historical Society & Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2391.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list.

Location. 37° 40.34′ N, 84° 57.775′ W. Marker is near Perryville, Kentucky, in Boyle County. It is on Battlefield Road (County Route 1920) south of Whites

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Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1470 Battlefield Road, Perryville KY 40468, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

It is also in the American 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: Hawkins' Mississippi Sharpshooters (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Lumsden's Battery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Battle of Perryville (approx. 0.3 miles away); Widow Bottom House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jones' Crossing (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Opening Attack (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sgt. Harris B. Cope Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Valley Of Death (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Perryville.

Other markers no longer nearby. Lumsden's Battery (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Donelson's Attack (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Battle of Perryville (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it); Donelson's Advance (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Valley of Death (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Ken Smith, August 18, 2013

2. Kirkland Home Marker

Photographed by Ken Smith, August 18, 2013

3. Kirkland Home Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2013, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 990 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 2, 2013, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.