2nd & 3rd Kentucky Cavalry (CSA) Marker

2nd
3rd

Kentucky

Cav. C.S.A.

This monument is visible from the road. It is located at N 34° 54.4036  W 85° 16.3763. Map it



To reach this monument:
Parking is available at Wilder’s Tower on Vittetoe-Chickamauga Road. From there walk south to the monument. Addition parking is available in a second lot off of Glenn-Viniard Road.

There are 15 monuments nearby.

Chicago Board of Trade Illinois Battery Monument (MT-666) (Is only 43 feet away) ; 2nd Michigan Cavalry Regiment Monument (MT-882) (Is only 62 feet away) ; 123rd Illinois Infantry Regiment Marker (MT-725) (Is only 67 feet away) ; 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry Regiment Marker (MT-782) (Is only 75 feet away) ; 2nd, 3rd, 5th, & 6th Kentucky U.S. Cavalry Marker (MT-861) (Is only 76 feet away) ; 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Monument (MT-1045) (about 104 feet away) ; 4th Regiment Indiana Cavalry Monument (MT-769) (about 117 feet away) ; 2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment Monument (MT-768) (about 210 feet away) ; 8th Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery Plaque (MT-1072) (about 221 feet away) ; 8th Wisconsin Battery Monument (MT-1073) (about 222 feet away) ; 21st Michigan Infantry Detachments Monument (MT-896) (about 249 feet away) ; 22nd Indiana Infantry Regiment Monument (MT-786) (about 260 feet away) ; 5th Wisconsin Battery Monument (MT-1071) (about 312 feet away) ; Wilder’s Brigade Tablet (MT-651) (about 329 feet away) ; 18th Indiana Battery Marker (MT-757) (about 330 feet away) . Map all of the Monuments on the battlefield.

This monument is recorded in the National Park Service database as structure MT-1323.

This monument was built in 1899. It is a 3' x 1'6" x 3'2" high, marker is a single block of granite, rock-faced at bottom and finished above, with a slanting top inscribed with "Kentucky" within a scroll and the unit's name.

Allegiance: Confederate
Type: Marker
Level: Regiment
Military Arm: Cavalry

This page originally submitted by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, GA, on August 14, 2014. This page has been viewed 128 time(s) since then. This page has been updated 0 time(s) since then. BG Hooks was the editor who published this page on August 14, 2014. Photos: 1, 2 were submitted on 08/14/2014 by Byron Hooks.