Hopkinsville, Kentucky
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Links: 1. Hopkinsville, Kentucky - Wikipedia 2. Confederate Memorial-Hopkinsville, KY 3. Hopkinsville, KY 4. Civil War in Kentucky 5. Civil War and heritage sites in Western Kentucky |
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(October 2008) Court house marker |
(October 2008) Enlarge Court house marker |
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(October 2008) Court house marker |
(October 2008) Enlarge On the courthouse lawn is a Civil War monument, designed as a water fountain, which was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy |
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(October 2008) Modern court house in Hopkinsville |
(October 2008)
Enlarge Riverside cemetery
has an impressive Confederate memorial and gravesite. Engraved on the
west side of the monument are the following words: "Beneath this sod is
mingled the sacred dust of one hundred unknown soldiers, who were
attached to the following commands: First Mississippi Regiment, Third
Mississippi Regiment, Seventh Texas Regiment, Eighth Kentucky Regiment,
Forrest's Calvary, Woodward's Kentucky Calvary, Green's Kentucky
Artillery--War Between the States |
