Historic Sites in Richmond, KY

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(Side 1): Nelson Takes Command The day after the battle at Big Hill, August 24, Gen. Horatio Wright, Commander of the...

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Near Fort Boonesborough is another historic treasure, the home of Cassius Marcellus Clay: emancipationist, newspaper pu...

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Marker Front:Frances E. Beauchamp (1857-1923)This Madison Co. native spearheaded the antiliquor crusade in Ky. and wa...

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THE SANCTUARY BECAME A SURGERY On the day of the battle, August 30, 1862, the temperature hovered near 100 degrees. A...

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Site of the first fort in Kentucky. Built March 1775 by Daniel Boone and party. Named for William Twitty killed by In...

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The Union Line Breaks The Confederates destroyed the Union line at Duncannon Road. They hit Cruft's brigade with a ro...

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"A Ten Acre Lot Full" In the early evening hours of August 30, 1862, the weary Union soldiers fighting a running...

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General Thomas Churchill *** Gen. Thomas James Churchill commanded the brigade of Texas dismounted cavalry that deliv...

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(Front): Built in 1852, this building was adjacent to location of the Battle of Richmond, Aug. 29-30, 1862, and becam...

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Two miles east is location of the trail blazed in 1775 by Daniel Boone, who was then agent for the Transylvania Co. T...

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Born in Richmond, Kentucky, April 5, 1816; died in Washington, D.C., October 12, 1890. He graduated with honors at Tr...

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Buried in this cemetery is Cassius Marcellus Clay. As a result of his diplomacy in Russia, friendship between the two...

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(Side A) Pvt. William M. Harris and Pvt. Thomas W. Stivers were born in 1850 in Madison Co., Ky. Pvt. George D. Scott...

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Largest cemetery in the area. Graves of U.S.Representative Daniel Breck, Cassius M. Clay and tombstones of...

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On August 30, 1862, the end of the Union line was anchored on the small knoll overlooking the wooded ravine on its le...

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