Confederate Monument in Frankfort explained

Confederate Monument in Frankfort
Location:	Frankfort, Kentucky
Built:	1892
Added:	July 17, 1997
Mpsub:	Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
Refnum:	97000702

The Confederate Monument in Frankfort is placed within a circle of the graves of 68 Confederate soldiers in Frankfort Cemetery in Kentucky. The statue depicts a life size Confederate soldier standing ready, carved from white Carrara marble and standing atop a granite pedestal on a limestone base. A flagpole displays the first flag of the Confederacy with seven stars.^[1] The monument was erected by Daughters of the Confederacy and unveiled in 1892.^[2]

In 1997, the monument was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as one of 60 Civil War monuments in Kentucky. Frankfort has one other, the Colored Soldiers Monument which is located in Green Hill Cemetery.^[3]

Inscriptions

The granite pedestal has an inscription on each of its four sides; the fourth being part of the last stanza of the Bivouac of the Dead,^[4] written by Theodore O'Hara, who is also buried in Frankfort Cemetery.^[5]

Face:

East side:

Reverse:

West side:

Gallery

Notes and References

1. Web site: You Asked: Tell me more about the Confederate soldier area at Frankfort Cemetery. Chanda. Veno. July 9, 2020. The State Journal.
2. Web site: History of the Frankfort Cemetery. Lewis Franklin. Johnson. 1921. Roberts Printing Co. Internet Archive.
3. [{{NRHP url|id=64500229}} National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935]. pdf. January 8, 1997 . Joseph E. Brent . National Park Service.
4. Web site: Read the Poem - BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD. National Cemetery Administration. 2020-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226144156/https://www.cem.va.gov/cem/history/BODpoem.asp. 2018-12-26. live.
5. Web site: Civil War in Kentucky. trailsrus.com. 2008-05-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20071218205343/http://www.trailsrus.com/monuments/reg4/frankfort.html. 2007-12-18. live.