Mount Sterling in Montgomery County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Courthouse Burned

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014

1. Courthouse Burned Marker

Inscription. Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during the Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months; twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side.

Dec. 2, 1863, CSA cavalry burned courthouse at Mt. Sterling to stop its use as a USA garrison. Clerk's records, in rear, saved. Circuit court records destroyed.

Erected 1963 by Kentucky Historical Society-Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 586.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1864.

Location. 38° 3.402′ N, 83° 56.568′ W. Memorial is in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, in Montgomery County. It is on Broadway Street. The marker is located on the grounds of the Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Mount Sterling KY 40353, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Outer Bluegrass. 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: Montgomery County. 1797 (here, next to this marker); Montgomery County Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Montgomery County Kentucky World War I Memorial (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Montgomery County World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Montgomery County Kentucky Vietnam Casualties (within shouting distance of this marker); Battle of Mt. Sterling (within shouting distance of this marker); Montgomery County Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Mt. Sterling, Kentucky (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Sterling.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during the Civil War.

Courthouse Burned Marker-Reverse side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014

2. Courthouse Burned Marker-Reverse side

Courthouse Burned Marker-Reverse side-Courthouse in the distance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014

3. Courthouse Burned Marker-Reverse side-Courthouse in the distance

Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014

4. Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse

Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse-Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014

5. Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse-Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse-Korean War Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014

6. Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse-Korean War Veterans Memorial

Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse-World War II Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014

7. Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse-World War II Veterans Memorial

Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse-World War I Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014

8. Montgomery County War Memorial Courthouse-World War I Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,206 times since then and 47 times this year. Last updated on November 26, 2014, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on May 19, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.