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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJNL_the-32nd-indiana-volunteer-infantry-regiment-civil-war-monument_Louisville-KY.html
The 32nd Indiana at the Battle of Rowletts Station
On December 17, 1861, the "1st German" 32nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel August Willich, fought Confederate cavalry, infantry and artillery units south of Munfordvi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJLP_morgan-house_Lexington-KY.html
Home of John Hunt Morgan"Thunderbolt of the Confederacy"Born Huntsville, Ala. 6-1-1825Killed Greeneville, Tenn. 9-4-1864Lieutenant - Kentucky Volunteers in Mexican War 1846-1847 Major General - C.S.A., 1861-1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHC_ruff-memorial-wheelmens-bench-cycle-carnival-1897_Louisville-KY.html
FrontErected 1897 by Ky. Div. of League of American Wheelmen to honor cycling pioneer A.D. Ruff (1827-96) of Owingsville, Ky. The League's oldest member, he had bicycled to Yellowstone National Park in 1893. Marble fountain and stone bench, known …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHH2_perryville-prelude_Douglass-Hills-KY.html
Two largest skirmishes of Civil War in Jefferson County occurred here Sept. 27 and 30, 1862. CSA forces, already in control of the State Capital, were threatening Louisville. In first clash the Confederates were driven back to Floyds Fork. Three d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHGE_bath-county_Owingsville-KY.html
Formed from Montgomery County, 1811. Named for its many mineral springs. The birthplace of CSA Gen. John B. Hood and US Senator Richard H. Menefee. Owingsville named for Col. Thomas D. Owings. Organizer US 28th Inf. Reg., 1812. Associate in owners…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHGD_capt-john-jack-jouett-jr_Owingsville-KY.html
This famous Revolutionary War hero, who rode 40 mi. to warn Jefferson, Patrick Henry and other legislators of British approach, June 3, 1781, is buried in Bath Co. Jack Jouett of Va. galloped all night from Cuckoo Tavern to Monticello to Charlotte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHGC_courthouse-burned_Owingsville-KY.html
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during the Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side.
March 21, 1864, Union troops fled courthouse here as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH7R_david-wark-griffith_Crestwood-KY.html
Oldham County native buried here. Renowned as director-producer of The Birth of a Nation, film drama of Civil War and post-bellum era, and also Intolerance, Orphans of the Storm, Broken Blossoms. He created dramatic and photographic effects, close…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH7I_bloody-monday-american-know-nothing-party_Louisville-KY.html
"Bloody Monday"Election day, Aug. 6, 1855, known as Bloody Monday due to riots led by "Know-Nothing" mobs. This political party was anti-Catholic and nativist. Attacks on German immigrants east of downtown and Irish in the west caused at least 22 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGZB_bicentennial-commons-at-sawyer-point_Newport-KY.html
Welcome to a spectacular recreational area created as a gift from the people of Cincinnati to the people of Cincinnati in honor of the city's Bicentennial in 1988.
Originally, this land was an untouched tree-covered bank along a bend in the gre…