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SGT. YOUNG OF THE 3RD IOWA CAVALRY WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR CAPTURING CONFEDERATE GENERAL WILLIAM CABELL AT THE LARGE CAVALRY BATTLE OF MINE CREEK, KANSAS ON OCTOBER 25, 1864.

ANDREW JACKSON SMITH WAS BORN A SLAVE IN LYON COUNTY, KY, ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1843 HE ESCAPED TO THE UNION ARMY AT 19 AND FELL IN WITH 41ST ILLINOIS. WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE OF SHILOH. RECUPERATED AT CLINTON, ILLINOIS, WHERE HE HEARD THAT BLACKS COULD JOIN THE ...

TERRILL'S, STARKWEATHER'S AND WEBSTER'S BRIGADES WERE ASSAILED BY CHEATHAM'S CONFEDERATE DIVISION AT ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK PM. THE BRIGADES GAVE WAY AFTER A FEROCIOUS AND SANGUINARY FIGHT IN WHICH PARSON'S BATTERY NEAR HERE WAS OVERWHELMED. THE THREE BRIGADES G ...

SEE ALSO-MICHIGAN AT PERRYVILLE WAR MEMORIAL MARKER II

SEE ALSO-MICHIGAN AT PERRYVILLE WAR MEMORIAL MARKER

THE IMAGE OF THE SOLDIER IS CALLED THE HIKER. VETERANS OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR CALLED THEMSELVES HIKERS.

IN THE WAR OF 1812 GENERAL BUTLER WAS AIDE DE CAMP TO ANDREW JACKSON. MEXICAN WAR HE WAR MAJOR GENERAL OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND HERO OF THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY. HE WAS THE LAST COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

THE MEMORIAL WAS CREATED BY A DECREE OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND IS ONLY ONE OF SEVEN MEMORIALS TO THE WAR IN KENTUCKY THAT HONORED THE UNION CAUSE.

THIS MEMORIAL IS OF A UNION SOLDIER YET IT HELPED ALLEVIATE THE BITTERNESS BOTH SIDES FELT TOWARD THE OTHER WHEN IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE SACRIFICE OF VETERANS OF BOTH SIDES IN THE CIVIL WAR.

THIS MEMORIAL HONORS JOHN BRECKINRIDGE CASTLEMAN A U.S. ARMY OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE LOUISVILLE LEGION AND FOUGHT IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE BATTLE OF TEBBS, WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 4, 1863 DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THE BATTLE WAS A UNION VICTORY.

THIS MEMORIAL WAS BUILT BY O.P. SINE OF GARFIELD POST NO 2 OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. MOST G.A.R. MEMORIALS ARE BUILT IN COURTHOUSE SQUARES, BUT IN KENTUCKY THE ONLY TWO MEMORIALS ARE IN CEMETERIES.