Eminence Cemetery. 2 mi. S of jct. of KY 22 and KY 55, Eminence, Kentucky. County/parish: Henry.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 17, 1997. NRIS 97000692.
Part of Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS (NRIS 64500229).
1 contributing object.Also known as:
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 unarmed 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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123846895