Berry Craig's History Bits

The Marshall County Wallers stepped to a different drummer

Jan 30, 2012 at 03:40 pm by admin

  (Mayfield, KY, Jan. 27, 2012) -  On this date in 1862, the Wallers were maybe the most hated family in Marshall County.      Like t.... Read More

'Come out here, you cowardly rebels, and show your gunboats’

Jan 19, 2012 at 09:20 am by admin

     In January 1862, Capt. “Dirty Bill” Porter of the Yankee navy was itching to blast Rebel skipper Marsh J. Miller to the bottom of the Mi.... Read More

The Confederacy’s ‘Valley Forge’ was in Graves County

Jan 06, 2012 at 11:50 am by admin

  On this date in 1862, as many as 5,000 Confederate recruits were shivering in the cold, rain, sleet and snow at what a local historian called “the Confederate V.... Read More