November 6, 2009 | Posted by javal An encampment in western Kentucky this weekend will offer visitors a glimpse of life during the Civil War.
The Paducah Sun reports that no Civil War battles were fought in Grand Rivers, where the encampment will be held, but many in the area had ties to soldiers on both sides.
The Grand Rivers’ encampment will focus on [...]
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October 20, 2009 | Posted by javal On a cold December day in 1861, a few hundred German immigrants in blue Union uniforms squared off against 3,000 Confederates on foot and horseback near Munfordville. When the withering artillery and musket fire cleared, the rebels fled, and Kentucky’s first Civil War battle ended in victory for the 32nd Indiana regiment known as the [...]
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October 16, 2009 | Posted by javal The sounds and smells of cannons, the sights of traditional camp life and an appearance by Abraham Lincoln will fill the grounds of Lost River Cave and Valley with the annual Civil War: Living History Days.
Both Union and Confederate soldiers and families will converge on the park’s grounds for three days – Friday, Saturday and [...]
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October 15, 2009 | Posted by javal The brave boys in blue and gray will clash at the foot of Wildcat Mountain Friday, Saturday and Sunday, re-enacting the 1861 Civil War Battle of Camp Wildcat that helped secure Kentucky for the Union.
Shirley Landen, treasurer of the Laurel Home Guard, which hosts the annual event in northern Laurel County, said about 500 re-enactors [...]
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October 9, 2009 | Posted by javal On October 9, 10 and 11, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park will present “A War of Iron and Irony,” a Civil War event dedicated to showing the visitor the stories behind the battles of America’s divisive war.
Majestic Cumberland Gap, standing where the states of Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky meet, might not have seen as much [...]
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October 5, 2009 | Posted by javal On a cold December day in 1861, a few hundred German immigrants in blue Union uniforms squared off against 3,000 Confederates on foot and horseback near Munfordville, Ky.
When the withering artillery and musket fire cleared, the rebels fled, and Kentucky’s first Civil War battle ended in victory for the 32nd Indiana regiment known as the [...]
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October 1, 2009 | Posted by javal The Louisville Historical League will hold a motor coach tour of Civil War sites in central Louisville from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10.
The tour, which begins at Cave Hill Cemetery, will include a walking tour of the cemetery’s Union and Confederate gravesites, the Cathedral of the Assumption, the Main Street wharf [...]
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September 24, 2009 | Posted by javal A public information meeting is being held held this afternoon in Louisville to address the future of the oldest Civil War Monument in the U.S. The Bloedner Monument was erected at Cave Hill Cemetery in 1867, and its soft limestone has been severely damaged by the elements.
Kristen Laise with the group Heritage Preservation says it [...]
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September 23, 2009 | Posted by javal People lined the sidewalks of Harrison Avenue in Harrison Tuesday night to get a first hand look at local history come to life.
Harrison resident Tom Petree says, “We are fortunate to have anything that promotes the history of our local community and this is probably one of the biggest events that happened during the 1800s [...]
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September 22, 2009 | Posted by javal The Murray State University history department heard a talk on President Lincoln’s Civil War strategy Saturday night from Dr. John F. Marszalek after awarding this year’s recipient of the Dr. James W. Hammack Jr. Scholarship.
This was the eighth year for the annual banquet and the scholarship went to Micki Y. Davis, a second-year graduate student [...]
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