Machpelan Cemetery. 1.5 mi. E of jct. of US 460 and KY 713, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. County/parish: Montgomery.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 17, 1997. NRIS 97000675.
Part of Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS (NRIS 64500229).
1 contributing object.Also known as:
The Confederate Monument in Mt. Sterling overlooking Mt. Sterling, Kentucky in Montgomery County, Kentucky, commemorates those who fought for the Confederate States of America. It is inscribed by passages from the Bivouac of the Dead.
On July 17, 1997, the Confederate Monument in Mt. Sterling 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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123848044