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{{Infobox_nrhp | name =Confederate Monument in Glasgow | nrhp_type = | image = Confederate Monument in Glasgow.jpg | caption = | location= [[Glasgow, Kentucky]] | lat_degrees = 36 | lat_minutes = 59 | lat_seconds = 44 | lat_direction = N | long_degrees = 85 | long_minutes = 54 | long_seconds = 45 | long_direction = W | locmapin = Kentucky | area = | built =1905 | architect= | architecture= No Style Listed | added = July 17, 1997 | governing_body = Local | mpsub=Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS | refnum=97000717 <ref name="nris">{{cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref> }} The '''Confederate Monument''' in [[Glasgow, Kentucky]], built in 1905 by the Kentucky Women's Monumental Association and former Confederate soldier [[John A. Murray]], commemorates those who gave their lives in service for the [[Confederate States of America]]. It is located on the side of Glasgow's courthouse. The Confederate soldier, made of bronze, is at [[parade rest]], and features details such as a [[bedroll]], [[Canteen (bottle)|canteen]], [[kepi]] hat, and rifle. It stands on a [[limestone]] pedestal.<ref>[http://www.trailsrus.com/monuments/reg3/glasgow.html Civil War in Kentucky<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="mps">{{Cite document|title={{PDFlink|[http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64500229.pdf National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935]|1.81 [[Mebibyte|MiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 1908267 bytes -->}}|date=January 8, 1997 |author=Brent, Joseph E. |publisher=National Park Service|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref> Glasgow saw much action in 1862. [[John Hunt Morgan]] twice raided through the city. The most notable was [[Christmas Eve]], when some of Morgan's men under Captain [[Thomas Quirk]] sought to celebrate the holiday at a tavern in Glasgow, which the Union 2nd Michigan Cavalry also did, leading to a skirmish. Two Union and Three Confederate soldiers were killed, and the Union cavalry retreated to [[Cave City, Kentucky|Cave City]], leaving Glasgow in Morgan's hands. Braxton Bragg went through the town on his way to capturing Kentucky's capital of [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] and the [[Battle of Perryville]].<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=County&county=5 KY:Historical Society - Historical Marker Database - Search for Markers<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The President of the Confederacy, [[Jefferson Davis]], gave a Medal of Honor to one enlisted man in every company that gave the Confederacy a "signal victory". With seven such men, [[Barren County, Kentucky|Barren County]], whose [[county seat]] is Glasgow, had more such medalists than any other county in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Four of these came from the [[Battle of Stone's River]], and three were from the [[Battle of Chickamauga]]; both battles were fought in [[Tennessee]], not Kentucky.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> It was remembering this valor of his fellow Confederate soldiers who hailed from Barren County that [[Nelson County, Kentucky|Nelson County]] native John A. Murray had the Confederate Monument in Glasgow built, with the help of a ladies association.<ref>Johnson, Polk. ''A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians'', pp.1418</ref> On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty different monuments to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] in Kentucky placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], as part of the [[List of Civil War Monuments of Kentucky|Civil War Monuments of Kentucky]] [[Multiple Property Submission]]. Twenty three of these monuments, including Glasgow's, had cast soldiers as part of the memorial, and Glasgow's is one of ten such soldier monuments in Kentucky that is on a courthouse lawn.<ref>Brent pp.F-1</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{KYWNAMonuments}} [[Category:Glasgow, Kentucky]] [[Category:1905 architecture]] [[Category:Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS]] [[Category:Confederate States of America memorials and cemeteries]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Barren County, Kentucky]]
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