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The Battle of Perryville-The Battle for Kentucky : Perryville-The Battle for Kentucky. http://www.perryville.net/ Tribute to the struggle between the Union and Confederate forces as they clashed for the Commonwealth in The town of Perryville as portrayed by the amazing armies of Civil War Re-Enactors Oct 7&8, 2006 An 11x17 print of this image is now offered for $15.00 with proceeds of each print donated to the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Society.you may order off our new website http://www.dcphotodesign.com/

The Battle of Perryville-The Battle for Kentucky

The Battle of Mill Springs : Back to 1862 Battle of Mill Springs The cool morning air of autumn brushed the trees with a lazy float to their branches while the rustle of the leaves taunted at my senses. The light of the early morning sun shined crimson through dark outstretched clouds onto the heavy mist rising from the earth giving an eerie shadow to the elements. It was September 29th 2007, or was it. The morning awoke with a loud thunder pounding the ground beneath our feet. A Union 6 pounder had just fired, its distinctive echo delivered the news, - I have returned to 1862. January 29th 1862, the battle at Fishing Creek, better known as The Battle of Mill Springs. I stood alongside with some 300 other history seekers. We had marched deep in the forest and fields of Nancy Kentucky amidst the Oak and the Elm to an open green field surrounded in silence and the coolness of a crisp Kentucky morn. I do love this time of day, but today this morning will be like no other. We wait in great expectations and squint to find movement or a whisper of intent being spoken softly in the air. Suddenly, as if the sky split, the thunder of Confederate Artillery laid down a storm of fire entangling us all in smoke and the taste of black iron and the smell of powder in the air. As we gather our senses the pounding hoofs of Union Calvary charged from an opening in the woods to our left. They charged with precision down the hill toward the awaiting Confederate Infantry. The battle explodes into the dawn as the sun unfolds the fighting before us. Burning through the mist and the smoke the sun gives us glimpses of years ago as if opening and closing the theatres curtain before us. The incisive firing of musket and pistol rage as metal upon metal stings through the air. Field cannons from both armies continue to plow the elements with vengeance. Brother against brother, father against son, friend against foe. Now a deathly silence in time seems to bring a well-needed collection of both nerves and breath, for us spectators at least. Through the unsettling calm only the heavy breathing of tired horse and men fill the air, all is quiet, no sound, no echo of battle, just heavy smoke, and settling mist. While as if in a dream fallen soldier lie motionless in the cold beast of the earth. We search our thoughts on the portrait of war we had just witnessed and wait. Just as we had succumbed to the feeling of relief, a silhouette of horse and rider, running slowly in times wake draws toward me. It gives a ghostly image to my cameras eye. As if posed in spirit swearing not to die this day these ghostly images of Johnny Reb charge through the smoke and remaining mist. They cut through the rising suns rays and scream up the unending hill tearing at the earth with fist and gun. Both armies clash in final combat giving over their yells and screams of fear and of courage and of each ones patriotism to the end. Securing to this day, in Nancy Kentucky, this mark in Civil War history. History teaches us also that at this battle one of the Confederacies’ most recognized Generals fell in battle, General Felix Zolliecoffer. There among the winding curves of the Cumberland I must tip my hat once again to the hard work of all the re-enactors who takes us back in time so we may try and understand. I must also recommend a wonderful boy’s view of the battle there in Mill Springs Kentucky, a book entitled “Caught in the Crossfire” by Anita Cole Alcorn with Gloria Stanton. Dwight Carter http://www.millsprings.net/

The Battle of Mill Springs

Back to 1862 Battle of Mill Springs The cool morning air of autumn ...

Updated: Nov 15, 2007 4:13am PST

Battle of Sacramento : Just outside the village of Sacramento, eight miles north of Greenville, on December 28th, 1861, Forrest was approached by Miss Mollie Morehead, a young Confederate sympathizer. She informed Forrest that just over the hill Federal troops were dismounted and watering their horses at a place called Garst's Pond. Mollie, in Forrest's own words, "with untied tresses floating in the breeze, on horseback, infusing nerve into my arm and kindling knightly chivalry within my heart" ignited the furry of "Forrest's First" fight. Eighteen-year-old Major Eli H. Murray of the 3rd KY Cavalry was in command of a scouting mission of about 400 men that had been dispatched from Camp Calhoun that morning. Major Murray was soon to be face-to-face with "that Devil Forrest." Mollie had given Forrest the opportunity of surprise. He pulled up his mount, grabbed a Maynard rifle from one of his men and ordered the charge!!! Major Kelly and Lt. Col. Starnes were ordered to flank left, flank right, while dismounted sharpshooters took aim at the confused Federal troops. Forrest himself rode headlong toward Major Murray's advancing cavalry, standing up in his stirrups with saber raised, and sounding that dreaded Rebel Yell!!! This Civil War Battle was fought on December 28, 1861. The battlefield is the undisputed location of Nathan Bedford Forrest's First Fight! http://www.battleofsac.com/ Thanks to Bob and Charlene for alowing me to share their photos of this event

Battle of Sacramento

Just outside the village of Sacramento, eight miles north of Greenvill ...

Updated: May 14, 2008 9:31am PST

Battle of Eddyville 2007 Event,Cobb,s Battery, 1st Kentucky Brigade, The Orphan Company : Cobb,s Battery, 1st Kentucky Brigade, Battle of Eddyville 2007 Event, First Orphan Brigade http://www.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cobbsbty.htm On April 29, 1865 the last documented skirmish of the American Civil War in Kentucky occurred on the banks of the Cumberland River in Eddyville. This engagement came twenty days after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. The Battle of Eddyville occurred on the same day, in eastern Lyon County, near Saratoga Springs. Cobb’s Battery, a highly decorated Confederate artillery unit, was formed as the Kentucky 1st Artillery in the spring of 1861 by Captain H. B. Lyon in Lyon County at Kuttawa. Lyon died on April 25, 1907 almost 100 years before the 2007 reenactment. A graveside memorial is planned. The unit was later named for Captain Robert Cobb. The Battery suffered the highest number of casualties at Shiloh and later merged into the famous Orphan Brigade.

Battle of Eddyville 2007 Event,Cobb,s Battery, 1st Kentucky Brigade, The Orphan Company

Cobb,s Battery, 1st Kentucky Brigade, Battle of Eddyville 2007 Event, ...

Updated: Nov 03, 2007 7:53am PST

Columbus Belmont : In 1861 at the outbreak of the war, Kentucky was considered a neutral territory. Since Kentucky had not declared for either side and adamantly heralded it's neutrality, neither the North nor the South wanted to offend her citizens by being the first to cross into the state. That changed, however, on September 4, 1861, when General Leonidas Polk of the Confederacy, responding to the Federals seizing a privately-owned boat, the "W.B. Terry, in Paducah, decided the time was right to make a stand in Kentucky. Knowing that Columbus held a strategic position on the Mississippi River, Polk ordered a fort to be built that would eventually hold 140 cannons. He also ordered a chain and anchor ( parts of which are currently on display at the park) stretched across the river to stop Yankee gunboats from coming down the river. Though this chain proved to be too heavy, for it broke and sank, this idea did show how determined Polk was to keep the North from encroaching on Southern territory. http://parks.ky.gov/findparks/recparks/cb/default.htm

Columbus Belmont

In 1861 at the outbreak of the war, Kentucky was considered a neutral ...

Updated: Jun 03, 2008 6:56am PST

Dumont Hill : Scottsville Kentucky http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyallen/index.html http://home.okstate.edu/homepages.nsf/toc/9th.htm http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyallen/Calendars/2001.html

Dumont Hill

Scottsville Kentucky http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyallen/index. ...

Updated: May 21, 2008 9:27am PST

The Orphan Company : Thanks Bob and Charlene for sharing several of your pictures of The Orhan Company http://members.tripod.com/KyOrphans/Page1.htm

The Orphan Company

Thanks Bob and Charlene for sharing several of your pictures of The Or ...

Updated: Nov 03, 2007 8:02am PST

Fort Massac : The historic site is a replica of the 1802 American fort that was on site. The historic fort area contains 2 barracks, 3 block hourses, officer quarters, well, stockade along with a fraise fence. The site also has the archaeological outline of the 1757 French Fort. There is also a visitors center/office complex along with an area for the museum. Actual re-creations of pioneer life of the 1700s during the annual Fort Massac Encampment and several living history weekends each year bring the past to life, letting you experience it yourself. http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/PARKS/R5/frmindex.htm#Events http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/lewisandclark/mas.htm

Fort Massac

The historic site is a replica of the 1802 American fort that was on s ...

Updated: Nov 03, 2007 8:08am PST

Dwights Civil War Photo Album : Civil War photos from friends and family. Old and New Historic. Share your photos here

Dwights Civil War Photo Album

Civil War photos from friends and family. Old and New Historic. Share ...

Updated: Jan 28, 2008 7:17pm PST

Family History : This gallery contains family history both Carter and Huntsman along with local history of Scottsville and surrounding communities

Family History

This gallery contains family history both Carter and Huntsman along wi ...

Updated: Nov 18, 2007 4:48am PST

Jefferson Davis 200th Celebration : Jefferson Davis 200th Celebration Living History Event

Jefferson Davis 200th Celebration

Jefferson Davis 200th Celebration Living History Event

Updated: Jun 23, 2008 9:09am PST

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