Union

Sturgis, KY

John Bell, 1797-1869, of Tenn.

Uniontown, KY

Born in Morganfield in 1830, she was one of several known as the “Mother of the Orphan Brigade.

Morganfield, KY

Army post built in 1942, on 36,000 acres, at a cost of $39,000,000.

Old Caseyville, KY

Every inhabitant of this pro-southern town was taken prisoner by the crew of a Union gunboat, July 26, 1862.

Morganfield, KY

This Union Countian became governor following service in World War I, then as sheriff, county clerk and judge, state senator.

Morganfield, KY

CSA General Nathan Bedford Forrest, on reconnaissance and foraging mission toward the Ohio River Nov. 24 to Dec. 5, 1861, passed here...

Morganfield, KY

A Harvard graduate and lawyer who specialized in land litigations, George Huston helped found city's first bank in 1869.

Morganfield, KY

Abraham Lincoln's only political speech in his native state, here, 1840, at age 31.

Morganfield, KY

Under the municipal building lies the old Morgan Springs, named for General Daniel Morgan of Revolutionary War fame.

Four miles south of here stood the old Chalybeate Springs Resort Hotel featuring Sulphur Water Springs and a fresh water spring on its...

Lewis Richards, born Va.

Sisters of Charity from Nazareth-Angela Spink, Frances Gardner, and Cecily O'Brien-arrived here, 1820.

Morganfield, KY

The 55th Kentucky county created, it was formed entirely out of Henderson County.