Lloyd Tilghman Memorial | |
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| Location | Lange Park. Madison St. between 16th and 19th Sts.,Paducah, Kentucky |
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| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Henry Hudson Kitson |
| MPS | Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000679[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1997 |
TheLloyd Tilghman Memorial is a statue located inPaducah Kentucky, ofLloyd Tilghman, a brigadier general for theConfederate States of America who died at theBattle of Champion Hill in May 1863.
Lloyd Tilghman was a native ofMaryland who lived in Paducah from 1852 to 1861. He joined the Confederate army on July 5, 1861, as a colonel, but was promoted to general the next October. He was placed in charge of the engineering ofFort Henry andFort Donelson, succeeding another general, but was unable to stop the building of the militarily deficient Fort Henry until too late. He was captured at the Battle of Fort Henry, and would not return to duty until the next Fall, which led to his death during theVicksburg Campaign.[2]
In 1909 it was decided to honor Tilghman. Tilghman's sons Frederick and Sidell and theUnited Daughters of the Confederacy jointly paid for the building of the monument, with the brothers paying $10,000 and the UDC paying $5,000.[3][4]
The statue was made byHenry Hudson Kitson, then a resident ofBoston, Massachusetts, who emigrated fromEngland.[5] The statue depicting Tilghman is made of bronze, and is on top of a pinkgranite pedestal and base. The total height is twelve feet. The two bases are perfect squares of seventeen feet and 25 feet. The historical marker at the site was placed there by theAugusta Tilghman High School class of 1929.[5][6][7]
On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty-one different monuments to theCivil War in Kentucky placed on theNational Register of Historic Places, as part of theCivil War Monuments of KentuckyMultiple Property Submission. One other monument on the list, theConfederate Monument in Paducah, is nearby.Tilghman's home in Paducah is also on the National Register, and currently serves as a museum.
