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Group wants early photo of Tebbs Bend Confederate Monument

By Cheryl Tillery

Could use your help in finding some old pictures of the Tebbs Bend Confederate Monument. I am the current president of the Tebbs Bend Battlefield Association. I am trying to find an old picture of the monument at the cemetery. A picture that shows the very top of the monument. Years ago the original top was lost and one of my goals is to replace it with a reasonable facsimile. My only problem is no one knows what it looked like.

In my research, I found that Adair County had a big hand in getting the monument and cemetery going. Would you know of anyone who might have an old picture of the monument that I might be able to use to get our new top? I would greatly appreciate any help you could give me with this project. My email address is cherylt@ttlv.net. I can also be reached at 606-303-2725.

Thank you!

- Cheryl Tillery, President, Tebbs Bend Battlefield Association




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What topped the Confederate Monument at Tebb's Bend



2014-07-13 - Tebbs Bend Road, Taylor Co., KY - Photo CM Staff Photo.
Most likely would not know that the Confederate Monument at Tebb's Bend has some missing sculpture. Cheryl Tillery, the current President of the Tebbs Bend Battlefield Association, says that there is a piece broken off the top. She's been told some some that it was a spire. She's asking anyone who knows of a photo of the monument when it was originally erected to contact here at 606-303-2725.

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Tebb's Bend Historical Marker: July 4th no day to surrender



2014-07-13 - Tebbs Bend Road, Taylor Co., KY - Photo CM Staff Photo. Independence Day 1863, 151 years ago, Tebb's Bend was the site of an important battle in the United States Civil War. This Historical Marker stands at the entrance to the cemetery.
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Michigan Marker at Tebbs Bend Cemetery



2014-07-13 - Tebbs Bend Road, Taylor Co., KY - Photo CM Staff Photo.
Marker with longer narrative
errected July 4, 1989 by the Michigan Historical Society at the Tebbs Bend Cemetery, on Tebbs Bend Road, in Southern Taylor County near the Adair County Line. (A note: Does anyone remember how the late Miss Noma Dix Winston would have told the story in one of her U.S. history class at the Lindsey Wilson College in the 1950s. The South seemed to always nearly win in her version. - EW)

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Larry Smith sends photo of Tebbs Bend Monument



2014-07-13 - Tebbs Bend Road, Taylor Co., KY - Photo from the archives of Larry Smith. Larry Smith, South Central Historian and photo collector, and Operations Manager for Shoreline Communications, found this early black and white postcard depictiing the Tebbs Bend Confederate Monument. He says that there may be another photo which shows the top more clearly. Comparing the photo, with those of the monument today, it is clear that a large base has been added, and that blocks have been added, apparently to increase the height.
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