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The 'Simpsonville Slaughter,' a Kentucky Civil War massacre we tried to ignore | Opinion
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's note: this story details historic violence that some may find upsetting. The author also...
Kentucky’s role in slaves’ emancipation: ‘Camp Nelson is our Canada’
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 2 days agoLinda Blackford: On Juneteenth, remember where Black Kentuckians issued their own Emancipation...
Wright-Patt's only veteran grave: A Black Civil War soldier buried 134 years ago
Springfield News-Sun, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 3—Some 134 years after he was buried on what once was a Greene County family farm, one of the nation's biggest Air Force bases respectfully tends to the grave of U.S. Army Private Hiram ...
Early history of Robertsville: 1850-1880
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn this the third in the series, Dennis brings us the history surrounding the Civil War and the first African American school in Anderson County. *** By...