DerrickDec 28, 20199 minThe Kentucky Brigade at Stones RiverThis report details one of the most controversial attacks in the Western Theater. Whether it was right or wrong, I will leave that to the...
DerrickDec 22, 201911 minThe 9th Kentucky at Stones RiverReports of Col. Benjamin C. Grider, Ninth Kentucky Infantry, commanding regiment and First Brigade. In Camp, near Murfreesborough, Tenn.,...
DerrickDec 17, 20194 minThe 11th Kentucky at Stones RiverThe 11th Kentucky Infantry is a regiment that has some local roots here in western Kentucky. The men were recruited by Colonel Pierce...
DerrickDec 16, 201919 minThe Battle of Middle CreekThere is something about the early war events in Kentucky that tend to always perk my interest. I guess its the newness of everything for...
DerrickDec 10, 201932 minThe Legal WeaponNo topic in American history is as controversial, or more hotly debated, than the issue of slavery before and during the American Civil...
DerrickDec 4, 20196 minAn Owensboro Youth’s MisadventureA few weeks ago I was researching some information on Colonel John McHenry and the Prohibition of the Return of Runaway Slaves in the...