Additional Information 1825-1874

Kentucky's Military Monument

Old Long Tom Mystery - Long Tom was Kentucky's Mexican War trophy that disappeared. It was described as an unmounted Mexican six-pounder, bearing the date 1773, with a barrel length of ten to twelve feet. During the Mexican War, Captain John Stuart Williams organized and commanded the Clark County Kentucky volunteers attached to the 6th U.S. Infantry at the Battle of Cerro Gordo. Out of these spoils of war came Kentucky’s Mexican War Trophy, "Old Long Tom"

Ghost fires cannon on Frankfort Newspaper headlines read - Old Long Tom Wakes Residents After Midnight - Practical Joke of Two Young Men Give Frankfortians Scare - Superstitious Thought That Ghost Had Fired Mexican War Trophy.

1814 Act Safe Keeping Public Arms

Detailed Biography of Adjutant General Preston S. Loughborough

Detailed Biography of Adjutant General Daniel Weisiger Lindsey

The Paper Trail of the Civil War in KY 1861-1865 by COL (R) Armando Alfaro, KYNG Historian Emeritus (PDF File 547 K)