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Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence

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Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence

The Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence, Kentucky, 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 unarm

ed 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 on July 17, 1997, one of sixty Kentucky Civil War monuments placed on the Register on the same day.

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