Confederate Monument in Paducah, Paducah, KY 42001, US

The Lloyd Tilghman Memorial in Paducah, Kentucky, is a significant statue honoring Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman, a Confederate States of America general who died at the Battle of Champion Hill in May 1863. Erected in 1909, the bronze statue stands atop a pink granite pedestal and base, with a total height of twelve feet. Lloyd Tilghman, a Maryland native who resided in Paducah from 1852 to 1861, was instrumental in the engineering of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson during the Civil War. The memorial, funded by Tilghman's sons and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, serves as a historical landmark and tribute to his contributions to the Confederate army.Generated from the website