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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 25, 2011) – A renovated Kentucky Military History Museum at the State Arsenal will reopen to the public with a ceremony at 2 p.m. EST on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11. The museum at 125 East Main St. in downtown Frankfort is operated by the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Department [...]
Civil War Fort at Boonesboro
In 1998, The Winchester-Clark County Tourism Commission was introduced to a historical treasure hidden within the hills of the palisades on the banks of the Kentucky River. Jerry Raisor, curator of the Kentucky River Museum at Fort Boonesborough State Park, informed the Winchester-Clark County Tourism Commission of remnants of a Civil War earthen work fortification [...]
Leslie Morris Park on Fort Hill
Leslie Morris Park on Fort Hill is a 125-acre woodland that overlooks downtown Frankfort – Kentucky’s capital city. The park preserves two Civil War earthworks.
Fort Boone was built in 1863. Local militiamen fought off an attack by a detachment of John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate raiders from behind its walls in June, 1864. [...]
The Battle of Tebbs Bend
On July 4, 1863, at Tebbs Bend of Green River, Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederates were defeated in an engagement on the Great Raid into Indiana and Ohio by a small force of green 25th Michigan Union troops commanded by Col. Orlando H. Moore.
The battle, which lasted under four hours, is regarded as one of [...]
Mill Springs Battlefield
On January 19, 1862, General Felix K. Zollicoffer and his Confederate forces faced off against General George H. Thomas’ Federal troops on a cold, rainy Sunday morning near Logan’s Crossroads in Kentucky, a sleepy little community about nine miles north of the Cumberland River.
During the fall of 1861, Zollicoffer moved his army to Mill Springs. [...]
Explore the Civil War Sites of Kentucky
From the pastural views of Perryville Battlefield to the high-tech dioramas of Richmond, from details of the battle maneuvers of Zollicoffer at Mill Springs to the stories of African American soldiers and families at Camp Nelson, Kentucky offers great experiences in telling the stories of the American Civil War.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 3, 2011) As the nation observes the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, a new state program to link Civil War sites throughout Kentucky will help visitors and residents understand how the conflict shaped a state torn by the war.
The Kentucky Civil War Heritage Trails program was unveiled last weekend at the [...]
