The John B. Castleman Monument, within the Cherokee Triangle of Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

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, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 on July 17, 1997, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS.

It honors John Breckinridge Castleman

John Breckinridge Castleman

John Breckinridge Castleman was a brigadier general and prominent landowner and businessman in Louisville, Kentucky...

, who was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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, and later an U.S. Army officer in charge of the Louisville Legion

Louisville Legion

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, and fought in the Spanish-American War

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.

Only this monument and the John Hunt Morgan Memorial

John Hunt Morgan Memorial

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 in Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

 are Civil War monuments in Kentucky with equestrians. As he founded the American Saddlebred Horse Association, he is seen here in civilian clothing rather than military garb. The horse which Castleman rides on the statue was based on his beloved mare

Mare

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, Carolina. The statue is made of bronze

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, and rests on a granite

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 pedestal

Pedestal

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. It stands 15-feet high, with a base of 12x20 feet.