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Confederate Soldier Monument

Princeton, United States of America

Confederate Soldier Monument

The Confederate Soldier Monument in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky is a historic statue located on the Caldwell County Courthouse south lawn in the county seat of Princeton, Kentucky, United States. It was erected in 1912 by the Tom Johnson Chapter No. 886 of the United Daughters of the Confed

eracy (UDC). The entire 15-foot-tall (4.6 m) monument is made of granite; mostly gray granite, but with some white granite. The southward-facing statue has been said to be "defiant", with its back to the North, its defiant gaze, and its proud mustache. The monument was constructed by John Davis and Sons Marble and Granite Works of Princeton, Kentucky, at a cost of approximately US$10,000 (equivalent to $333,621 in 2025) raised privately by the Tom Johnson UDC chapter and surviving local Confederate veterans. The statue's inscription reads "C.S.A. / IN MEMORY OF / CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS / AND THE CAUSE FOR / WHICH THEY FOUGHT / 1861-1865 / ERECTED BY / TOM JOHNSON CHAPTER / U.D.C." "OUR HEROES DEEDS AND / HARD WON FAME WILL LIVE." "1912" A Confederate battle flag is engraved on the left side of the statue's base. It was dedicated to a large crowd including surviving local Confederate veterans...

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