Union Monument

Valiant soldiers of the Army of the United States bravely and heroically fell in the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862. Their loyal service and noble sacrifice were remembered in grateful memory by the reunited republic they died to save. An Act of Congress approved March 3, 1928, authorized this tribute, which also bears the words: "For freedom's battle, once begun, bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, though baffled oft, is ever won."

Kentucky · United States