Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument

Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument
Location Old Crab Orchard Rd. 1 mi. N of Jct. of KY 39 and KY 80, Somerset, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°7′3″N 84°36′14″W / 37.11750°N 84.60389°W / 37.11750; -84.60389Coordinates: 37°7′3″N 84°36′14″W / 37.11750°N 84.60389°W / 37.11750; -84.60389
Built 1875
MPS Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
NRHP Reference # 97000670 [1]
Added to NRHP July 17, 1997

The Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument in Pulaski County, Kentucky, near Somerset, Kentucky, commemorates the Confederate soldiers who died at the battle of Dutton's Hill near here. Historians believe that it was created by the father of one of the soldiers.[2]

On July 17, 1997, the Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument 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.[2][3][4]

References

  1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Somerset, Ky.". WMTH Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
  3. Joseph E. Brent (January 8, 1997). National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935 (pdf). National Park Service.
  4. Brent 1997


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