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Bracken Unionists banish, threaten anti-slavery minister

Sep 13, 2012 at 10:59 am by admin

    (September 14, 2012) - On this date in 1862, local Unionists drove the Rev. James G. Fee from his native Bracken County “for preaching aboli.... Read More

Political deal nets Kentucky a new governor

Sep 06, 2012 at 02:48 pm by admin

     (September 7, 2012) - On this date in 1862, Beriah Magoffin was settling back into private life in Harrodsburg, his hometown, having finally give.... Read More

Rebels seize Frankfort, Lexington, threaten Louisville, Cincinnati

Sep 06, 2012 at 02:42 pm by admin

Rebels seize Frankfort, Lexington, threaten Louisville, Cincinnati By BERRY CRAIG   (August 31, 2012) -  On this date in 1862, the Confederate flag flutt.... Read More

The burly "Bull" takes command

Aug 15, 2012 at 02:33 pm by admin

(August 17, 2012) - On this date in 1862, an ex-navy lieutenant turned army major general was the new Union commander in Kentucky.      Mason County nativ.... Read More

‘Votes these times serve as a kind of Military Census’

Aug 02, 2012 at 12:44 pm by admin

(August 4, 2012)  - On this date in 1862, Circuit Judge Rufus King Williams of Mayfield was on the verge of election to the Court of Appeals, then Kentucky’s highes.... Read More

Future congressman fires up local Union men in Mayfield

Jun 20, 2012 at 03:24 pm by admin

   (Mayfield, KY - June 21, 2012) - On this date in 1862, Graves County Unionists were rallying behind their candidates for the August state elections.   .... Read More

'The most significant event for Columbus park since it opened’

Feb 29, 2012 at 03:44 pm by admin

 On this date in 1862, the Confederate army was retreating southward from Columbus. They may have left behind a Civil War relic hunter’s dream that ended up bu.... Read More

The Coming Clash

Feb 09, 2012 at 05:20 pm by admin

(Mayfield KY, Feb. 10, 2012) -  On this date in 1862, large numbers of Kentucky troops were about to clash for the first time in a major Civil War battle.   &n.... Read More

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

Civil War Weekend

Sep 09, 2011 at 09:50 am by admin

Hart County Civil War DaysSept. 9, 2011 - Sept. 11, 2011Events include battle reenactments, living history camps, guided tours, ceremonies, games, historical presentations, fo.... Read More

Play recounts dark time in KY history

Sep 05, 2011 at 06:20 pm by admin

American citizens being banished to Canada may sound pretty far fetched. But that is what happened to twenty one Hickman Countians during the Civil War.  Columbus, a sma.... Read More

Antique quilt has a sad beginning

May 07, 2009 at 05:45 pm by admin

I am very fortunate to have a very old quilt, 161 years old, made by my Great-Great Grandmother when she was eighteen years old in 1848. Clarissa Claridge Bringle was born in.... Read More