My Civil War Obsession
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Sunday, June 21, 2026
From Newport to the Confederacy to the Supreme Court: Horace H. Lurton
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Horace Harmon Lurton did not spend many years in Campbell County, but he was a county native and a Civil War soldier who rose to national pr...
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Boy Soldier Isaac Thacker, 40th Kentucky Infantry
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The concept of boys fighting in the Civil War is just one of the numerous topics on the war. One local instance of this was the story of I...
Monday, April 27, 2026
A Foraging Misadventure: A.J. Huddleston, 8th Ky. Cavalry
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One of the several military units that recruited men from Campbell County was the 8 th Kentucky Cavalry, a regiment mostly formed in the we...
Friday, April 3, 2026
Patriotic Immigrants: The Weber Family in the Civil War and Beyond
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Many Campbell County families watched their fathers, sons, and brothers march off to fight in the Civil War, where they risked their lives ...
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