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BUILT IN REMEMBRANCE OF BOTH UNION AND CONFEDERATE VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR. IT IS ONE OF TWO MEMORIALS IN KENTUCKY THAT CELEBRATES SOLDIERS OF BOTH SIDES.

A MEMORIAL BY THE CITIZENS OF LEWIS COUNTY TO THE MEN OF THE COUNTY WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION WHILE FIGHTING FOR THE UNION.

THIS MEMORIAL HONORS BLACK SOLDIERS THAT FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR.

CAPTAIN OFFUTT SERVED AS A UNION OFFICER IN THE 5TH KENTUCKY CAVALRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND PARTICIPATED IN SHERMAN'S MARCH.

THIS MEMORIAL WAS BUILT BY O.P. SINE OF GARFIELD POST NO 2 OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. MOST G.A.R. MEMORIALS ARE BUILT IN COURTHOUSE SQUARES, BUT IN KENTUCKY THE ONLY TWO MEMORIALS ARE IN CEMETERIES.

THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE BATTLE OF TEBBS, WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 4, 1863 DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THE BATTLE WAS A UNION VICTORY.

THIS MEMORIAL HONORS JOHN BRECKINRIDGE CASTLEMAN A U.S. ARMY OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE LOUISVILLE LEGION AND FOUGHT IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

THIS MEMORIAL IS OF A UNION SOLDIER YET IT HELPED ALLEVIATE THE BITTERNESS BOTH SIDES FELT TOWARD THE OTHER WHEN IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE SACRIFICE OF VETERANS OF BOTH SIDES IN THE CIVIL WAR.

THE MEMORIAL WAS CREATED BY A DECREE OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND IS ONLY ONE OF SEVEN MEMORIALS TO THE WAR IN KENTUCKY THAT HONORED THE UNION CAUSE.

IN THE WAR OF 1812 GENERAL BUTLER WAS AIDE DE CAMP TO ANDREW JACKSON. MEXICAN WAR HE WAR MAJOR GENERAL OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND HERO OF THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY. HE WAS THE LAST COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

THE IMAGE OF THE SOLDIER IS CALLED THE HIKER. VETERANS OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR CALLED THEMSELVES HIKERS.