TONIGHT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BATTLE OF ELIZABETHTOWN. AND JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS IN 1862 AND ELIZABETHTOWN WAS UNDER ATTACK, CONFEDERATE FORCES FIRED MORE THAN 100 CANNONBALLS. THERE WASN’T ...

A man in Kentucky hit the jackpot after he discovered over 700 coins from the Civil War era on his rural farm. The findings have been nicknamed the “Great Kentucky Hoard” and include a group ...

It was organized at Camp Cleveland (see CIVIL WAR CAMPS IN CLEVELAND) in the fall of 1862 and mustered into federal service on 1 Jan. 1863. It moved from Louisville to Elizabethtown, KY, where it ...

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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 ...

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