April-June 2013
Vol. 7, No. 2
Richmond, Ky.




























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Anyone know them?
The phases of facial reconstruction of two sailors of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor are displayed in the auditorium of the U.S. Navy Memorial in
Washington. The reconstruction is an effort to identify the sailors recovered from the shipwreck of the USS Monitor. See story (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Camp Nelson honors
Lt. Commander Bill Stafford played taps as the
Camp Nelson Honor Guard recently escorted the body
of World War II veteran Samuel Vanover of Lancaster
at Camp Nelson National Cemetery. The Honor Guard
uses Civil War attire and weaponry in honoring all
U.S. veterans.

Herald-Leader photo by Mark Cornelison

Looked like this
This was a typical design of a traveling forge used by both the North and South. See story

Surrender discussion
Gen. U.S. Grant (left), portrayed by E.C. Fields, and
general’s adjutant Greg Wernke discuss the impending
surrender of Fort Donelson at a February
re-enactment of the fort’s  surrender to the Union.
Fields portrays Grant at a variety of Kentucky and
Tennessee Civil War events. – Clarksville (Tenn.)
Leaf-Chronicle photo by Tony Centonze

Marking history
Camp Nelson’s Stephen McBride was among the speakers at the February dedication of a
Danville marker honoring the first black troops to enlist in the Union Army. See story
– Dave Maynard photo

Together again
It’s not often that George
Washington and Abraham
Lincoln get together, but the
two former presidents did
at the October Vice Presidential
Debate at Centre College.
 Lexington’s Robin Fisher
couldn’t resist posing with
Larry Elliott (Lincoln) and
Gene McManaway
(Washington).
See story

Rogers pushing bill to make Mill Springs
member of U.S. National Park Service

Kentucky Congressman Hal Rogers has reintroduced legislation to preserve Mill Springs Battlefield as a member of the U.S. National Park Service.

The bill, introduced in January, seeks to place the battlefield, located in Pulaski and Wayne counties, on solid footing for future generations. Read more

New Mill Springs executive director has
extensive military history background

Stephen B. McKinney, a specialist in military history and the Civil War, has been named executive director of the Mill Springs Battlefield Association. Read more

Camp Nelson National Cemetery named
one of three national historic landmarks

Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Jessamine County has been named a national historic landmark.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis announced March 11 that Camp Nelson and some 10 other sites around the nation have been given that designation.

Read more

KHS dedicates historical marker to
first colored troops at Camp Nelson

Camp Nelson’s first black troops to enlist in the Union army had a rough time of it.

In May 1864, nearly 250 black men, most of them slaves, marched from Boyle County to Camp Nelson in Jessamine County to enlist in the Union army. Read more

Presidents Washington, Lincoln
leaders who were ‘right for their time’

Washington and Lincoln were two men who were right for their time,” Gene McManaway emphasizes.

“The country would not be the same without them.”

Read more

Hunley legend altered by new discovery;
sub now believed only 20 feet from blast

Scientists have discovered a piece of a Confederate submarine’s torpedo was still attached to its spar, debunking eyewitness accounts that the Hunley was nearly 100 feet away from the explosion that sent a Union blockade ship to the bottom of the sea off Charleston in 1864.

Read more

Fry believed to have killed Zollicoffer
at Battle of Mill Springs; not true?

Did Union Col. Speed S. Fry murder Confederate Gen. Felix Zollicoffer?

There still is a debate about who actually killed the general at the Battle of Mill Springs, Jan. 19, 1862. Read more

Southern accent tied to Civil War
in negative way, Alabamans claim

If you’re a true Southerner, you probably have a distinct accent.

But Southern dialects may be disappearing, according to a University of Alabama history student. Read more

News in Brief...
Morgan raids tours scheduled June 29

Betty J. Gorin, author of “Morgan Is Coming,” will lead a group of enthusiasts through Taylor County June 29 on the Morgan’s Raids Civil War Bus Tour. Read more

Book review…
Orndorff wins new respect for those
who kept the Civil War traveling

“Blacksmith’s Traveling Forge, History & Specifications,”
by Karl Orndorff; paperback, 235 pages with notes,
bibliography and index; $15, Amazon.com

Read more

Jefferson Davis Inn returns to
Lexington, but not at building
where student then lived

Although Jefferson Davis is long gone, the Lexington inn that bears his name is back.

The Jefferson Davis Inn – locally referred to as the “JDI” – returned to Central Kentucky in February, 17 years following its closing.

Read more

Fort Smith boasts one of finest examples
of earthen fortifications in Kentucky

When Confederate Gen. Gideon Pillow moved into and fortified Columbus, the Union army realized it was facing a severe threat.

Read more

Ironically, South’s National Anthem
was written by a New York Yankee

Although it went through some trying growing pains, “Dixie,” the National Anthem of the Confederacy, became firmly established in the South in late 1860.

And that was despite the fact that it was writen by a Yankee.

Read more

Civil War sailors from USS Monitor
buried with honors at Arlington

Two unidentified U.S. Civil War sailors whose remains were found in the wreck of the ironclad USS Monitor were buried March 8 at Arlington National Cemetery.

The sailors may be the last Navy personnel from the 1861-65 Civil War to be buried at Arlington. Read more

If your Confederate ancestor served
with honor, SCV is looking for you

The Sons of Confederate Veterans are looking for a few good men.

But they have to be descendants of any veteran who served honorably in the Confederate armed forces. Read more
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