Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown facts for kids
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Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown
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 Location in Kentucky
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| Location | Jeffersontown, Kentucky |
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| Built | 1904 |
| MPS | Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000691 |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1997 |
The Confederate Martyrs Monument is a special stone marker in the Jeffersontown City Cemetery in Jeffersontown, Kentucky. It remembers four soldiers from the Confederate side of the American Civil War. These soldiers were killed without a fair trial.
This happened because of an order called Order 59. It was made by a Union General named Stephen G. Burbridge. This order said that four Confederate prisoners would be killed for every unarmed Union citizen who was killed. About fifty people were killed because of this order. The four soldiers honored by this monument were Wilson P. Lilly, Rev. Sherwood Hatley, Lindsay Duke Buckner, and M. Blincoe.
The killing of these four Confederate soldiers was the most important Civil War event in Jeffersontown. It was done as a response to a Union soldier being killed nearby. The four soldiers were shot while they were held captive. Their bodies were later buried at this spot.
The monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997. This means it is an important historical site. Other monuments, like the Confederate Monument in Louisville and the Union Monument in Louisville, were also added on the same day. Another monument, the Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence, which also honors victims of Order 59, was added then too.
What the Monument Says
The monument was put up by a group called the Daughters of the Confederacy (D.O.C.). This group works to remember and honor the Confederate side of the Civil War.
The words on the front of the monument say:
Wilson P. Lilly
Rev. Sherwood Hatley
Confederate soldiers
October 25, 1864
Robbed of the glory of death on the field
of battle by Stephen G. Burbridge who
ordered them shot without cause or trial
Erected to the memory of the four martyrs by the
Albert Sidney Johnston chapter
D.O.C. of Louisville, Ky. June 11, 1904
Martyrs
On the back of the monument, it says:
Wilson P. Lilly.
Sherwood Hatley.
Lindsay Duke Buckner.
M. Blincoe.
Being dead yet speaketh.
Images for kids
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Front view of monument
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Back view of the monument
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View of monument and the closest street
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View of the monument and the farther street
