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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Coin collectors rejoiced after gold was struck in a Kentucky cornfield last month, literally. More than 800 gold Civil War-era coins were discovered after being buried more than 150 years ago.

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 ...