2nd & 3rd Kentucky Cavalry (CSA) Marker

2nd
3rd

Kentucky

Cav. C.S.A.

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

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.

This page originally submitted by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, GA, on August 14, 2014. This page has been viewed 56 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.