Jan.-March 2012
Vol. 6, No. 1
Richmond, Ky.
Vol. 6, No. 1
Richmond, Ky.
Shannon Jefferies (right), 6th Kentucky Infantry
captain, speaks to a group at the Old Mulkey
Meeting House in Tompkinsville. Pvt. Juston
Clark is the flag bearer. See story
Lynnwood Brown of Blowing Rock, N.C., a great-great grandson of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, stands
next to a bust of the Confederate commander at the Battle of Richmond. Brown visited the Battle of
Richmond Visitors Center recently with son, Jimmy, 9, and daughter, Rowena, 6. See News Briefs
– Photo by Bill Robinson, Richmond Register
Pvt. Jordan Stransky and the Confederate guards present Confederate colors during the Ivy Mountain Monument Dedication
in Floyd County in 2001. See story
During the Civil War, telegraph corps followed
troops and erected poles and wires to provide
communication from the battle front. A group
of military telegraph operators is shown above.
Poles carrying the telegraph wires can be seen
leading into the distance.
See related story
LEFT: Re-enactors gather prior to a balloon ride
featuring the “Union Air Force.” See story
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