The Old Tebb's Bend Monument: Time's Playing a Trick Here, Mate

Nestled in Taylor County, Kentucky, next to Campbellsville, the Tebb's Bend Monument stands as a memory of the Battle of Tebbs Bend that took place on July 4, 1863. A Union victory, it threw a spanner in the works for John Hunt Morgan's Raid, which extended all the way to Indiana and Ohio. The remnants of Confederate soldiers now lie scattered around the area. In 1872, James Madison Griffin donated some land for a Confederate cemetery, making the Tebb's Bend Monument the star attraction of this small memorial.

Initially, the monument was a simple, stealthy $500 granite obelisk with an engraving and tiny base. On June 3, 1911, a crowd of over 4,000 people from surrounding counties gathered for Confederate Decoration Day, with ex-Union officers delivering the keynote speeches. As the years went by, the monument began to look a bit worn, but it was spruced up in the 1930s with a wide concrete base. On July 17, 1997, the Tebb's Bend Monument found itself among 61 other Civil War-related monuments in Kentucky, earning a place on the National Register of Historic Places.

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