The Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in
Eminence, Kentucky
Eminence is a home rule class city in Henry County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,498 at the 2010 census, up from 2,231 at the 2000 census. It is home to the Eminence Historic Commercial District. Eminence is the larg ...
, notes the burial spot of three Confederate prisoners who were shot while imprisoned. The names of the victims were William Datbor (Darbro), William Tiche (Tighe), and R. W. Yates. It was done in retaliation for the killing of two unarmed African-Americans and authorized by Union General
Burbridge's Order 59, which allowed for the execution of Confederate soldiers even if they were not directly involved in the earlier execution.
It was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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on July 17, 1997, one of
sixty Kentucky Civil War monuments placed on the Register on the same day.
Description
The monument is a seven-foot-high white marble obelisk and rests on a marble base that is approximately two feet wide. The boundary forms a circle with a radius of ten feet.
Inscriptions
There are inscriptions on two faces of the monument. They read:
Front:
''WILLIAM TICHE / Aged 30 Yrs. / R. W. YATES / Aged 30 Yrs. / WILLIAM DATBOR / Aged 20 Yrs.''
''Pool & Co. N. A.''
Back:
''The three C. S. A. Soldiers who / were shot Nov. 3, 1864, in / Pleasureville by order of Gen. / Burbridge in pretense of / retaliation of two Negros that / were killed near Port Royal.''
''Sleep on ye braves for you have got / Our sympathy to our latest breath. / We would not have thee change thy lot / With him who caused thy death.''
Gallery
File:Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence 2.JPG, August 2009.
File:Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence 3.JPG, Closeup of inscription. August 2009.
File:Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence 4.JPG, August 2009.
File:Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence 5.JPG, August 2009.
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070505002912/http://johnhuntmorgan.scv.org/martyrs.htm
External links
Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
National Register of Historic Places in Henry County, Kentucky
Martyrs' monuments and memorials
Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Kentucky
1870 sculptures
Obelisks in the United States
1870 establishments in Kentucky
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