Confederate Monument
Confederate Monument is a historic site in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. Cave Hill stands 338 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Appelman Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Confederate Monument in Bracken County, Kentucky, in Augusta, Kentucky, honors eight unknown Confederate soldiers who were killed attacking Augusta in September 1862. Confederate Colonel Basil W. Duke led a force of Confederate soldiers to raid the town, on September 27, 1862, only to be driven back by a home guard force numbering 100 and backed up by gunboats. Eight Confederate soldiers of the 21 who died were buried in Payne Cemetery. In 1903 the present monument was placed at their burial spot. The monument is a granite tombstone four feet high with a base three feet wide. At the top of the tombstone is the Confederate battle flag. The stone was placed where the unknown soldiers were buried, forty-one years after the skirmish in which they were killed. The John B. Hood Camp of the United Confederate Veterans was responsible for the funding for the monument, which totaled $550. On July 17, 1997, the Confederate Monument in Augusta was one of sixty-one different monuments related to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. It is the most northerly of the monuments on the list that honor only Confederates; the Veteran's Monument in Covington to the north honors both sides. The monument is best reached from the parking area by the flagpole on the river side of Kentucky State Road 8 west of town by descending the nearby stairs. The only other route involves walking across private yards and then up a steep 100 foot hill through Payne Cemetery.
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Dates from 1903.
Wikidata Q5159694, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Appelman Park: 0.3 mi
- Augusta River Park: 1.0 mi
- Colonel Higgins Park: 2.8 mi
- Chilo Lock 34 Park: 6.6 mi
- South Park: 6.7 mi
- Utopia: 2.4 mi
- Felicity Cemetery: 6.5 mi
- O.P.S. Fee Store: 6.6 mi
- Andrew Powell Home Site: 6.6 mi
- The Wakerobin: 6.6 mi
- Chilo Lock 34 Museum: 6.6 mi
- Brown County Genealogical and Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- John P. Parker House: 8.8 mi
- Ripley Museum: 9.0 mi
- Rankin House State Memorial Visitors Center: 9.2 mi
- Augusta, Kentucky: 0.4 mi
- Stand Up For America: 8.5 mi
- Eastern Brown High School Farmers Mural: 8.6 mi
- Georgetown Via Dolorosa: 8.8 mi
- Ulysses S. Grant: Native Son: 8.9 mi
- Rankin Hill: 9.1 mi
- Cedar Hill: 11.4 mi
- Thomas Hill: 13.1 mi
- Oak Hill: 13.6 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 15.9 mi
- Cedar Line Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Grant Lake Wildlife Area: 17.0 mi
- Simon Kenton Wildlife Management Area: 17.9 mi
- East Fork Tailwater State Wildlife Area: 20.8 mi
- Pierce Preserve: 21.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Picnic Ground: 23.5 mi
- Ripley Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Winchester Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Starlite Drive-In: 18.2 mi
- Tanner Trading Fort: 24.1 mi
- Georgetown Waterfall: 8.6 mi
- Brown County SR 32 Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Confederate Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Hill | ENE 76° | 338 m | 22.8 mi |
| Spencer Hill | ENE 74° | 336 m | 22.4 mi |
| Carson Hill | ENE 64° | 329 m | 22.9 mi |
| Coon Hill | ENE 74° | 309 m | 24.9 mi |
| Liberty Ridge | WSW 240° | 280 m | 20.9 mi |
| Sycamore Hill | ESE 120° | 268 m | 21.0 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | W 271° | 267 m | 15.9 mi |
| Cedar Hill | ESE 110° | 253 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:13 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:25 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:36 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta 2, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 97000715OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Confederate Monument in Augusta, reference 97000715, listed 07/17/97.
OpenStreetMap element node/4723616346
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- Amelia · 21 mi
- Clermont County · 25 mi
- Union Township · 27 mi
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