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Kentucky was technically neutral during the Civil War, but it was also home to Company E of the United States Colored Cavalry (USCC). This company was based at Camp Nelson, a Union Army depot ...
(WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky ... 1,000 cattle from Camp Nelson to Louisville.
An unidentified man found a treasure trove of gold coins in a Kentucky cornfield. The coins, which were minted before or during the Civil War, could be worth more than $1 million. Urban legends ...
Join us as we walk Kentucky’s historic grounds, metal detectors in hand, searching for lost remnants of the Civil War. From buttons to bullets, each discovery connects us to the soldiers who ...
the site of Civil War camp and training site Camp McClellan. Canvas tents, cannons, firearms and wisps of campfire smoke littered the area, giving an aura of what life might have been like during ...
The person who hid the coins was far from the only Kentucky resident who took steps to protect their wealth during the Civil War. William Pettit reportedly buried $80,000 in gold coins somewhere ...
Hundreds of Civil War-era gold coins, called the Great Kentucky Hoard, were found in a cornfield. Bill Gale, GovMint founder and president, said in a news release. A gold coin treasure trove ...