Kentucky Confederate Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park
Like Missouri, Kentucky had a substantial number of men fighting on both the Union and Confederate sides in the American Civil War. Unlike Missouri, which dedicated one memorial to all troops that fought at Vicksburg, there are two memorials representing Kentucky soldiers: the Kentucky State Memorial commissioned by the state of Kentucky and dedicated to all troops, and the Kentucky Confederate Memorial commissioned by Confederate remembrance organizations and dedicated to Confederate soldiers.
In 1903, Kentucky was given three places to erect monuments at Vicksburg: one for a state memorial, one for a Union memorial, and one for a Confederate memorial. Nothing was done until the mid-1990s when the state of Kentucky began working on a state memorial. This stirred up interest in a Confederate memorial among the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and in 1999 the two groups began working on raising money for their own Confederate memorial.
Dedicated in May 2010, the Kentucky Confederate Memorial is the newest state memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park. The monument is constructed from granite and has a marble mid-section that holds a lengthy inscription detailing the involvement of Confederate Kentucky troops at Vicksburg.
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Last updated on January 19, 2022
