Daniel Swigert

1833 - 1912

Elmendorf Farms, one of the enduring symbols of the Bluegrass, on Paris Pike, was named by Daniel Swigert. He purchased the 544-acre core of the farm in 1881 for $150,000 from John Sanford, who had called the property ...

Pole Tavern Cannon

The Cannon Il Lugano which was forged in Naples in 1763 weighs 800 Pounds. Il Lugano was used in battle against the Austrians. Napoleon who visited Italy once in 1796 and again in 1800 dragged the cannon over the Alps ...

Maney's Brigade

Walker's Division.

Maney's Brigade.

Walker's Division. - Hardee's Corps.

Brig. Gen. George Maney.

Nov. 25, 1863.

1st and 27th Tennessee - Col Hume R. Field.

4th Tenn. (Provisional Army) - Capt. Joseph Bostick.

6th and 9th Tennessee - Lieut. Col. J. W. Buford.

41st Tennessee - Col. Robert ...

Ellen “Nelly” VanVactor

Free Black Female Landowner

Nelly and her family lived on the northwest corner of Summer and Irish streets. Her daughter, Erie, and Erie’s two sons were emancipated in 1822. Nelly’s son, Alfred VanVactor Thompson, was born free in 1818. Well educated, ...

Lewis' Brigade

Breckinridge's Division

Lewis' Brigade, Breckinridge's Division.

Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis.

Nov. 25th 1863.

2nd Kentucky - Lieut. Col. James W. Moss.

4th Kentucky - Maj. Thomas W. Thompson.

5th Kentucky - Col. H. Hawkins.

6th Kentucky - Lieut. Col. W. L. Clarke, (Detached).

9th Kentucky - Lieut. ...

William Davis Brown

1813 - 1868

William Brown is credited as Omaha's founder (although not its first settler). He operated a Missouri River ferry from Council Bluffs and was a principal in the company that first developed the Omaha townsite.

Mr. Brown came west as ...

Calvert's Arkansas Battery

Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Calvert's Arkansas Battery

Two 6 pdrs., Two 12-pdr. Howitzers.

Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Cleburne's Division.

1st Lieut. Thomas J. Key Commanding.

1st Lieuts. R. Fitzpatrick and W. M. Hopwood.

2d Lieut. J. G. Marshall.

Nov. 25th, 1863. Noon

The battery occupied ...

The Royalton Raid

October 16, 1780

To terrorize the valley from Tunbridge to Royalton, nearly 300 Indians led by a British officer fell on these defenseless frontier settlements, killing 4, taking 26 prisoners, & reducing Royalton to ashes. The captives hauled back to Canada ...

Edward Chalmers Huffaker

July 16, 1856 – January 3, 1936

Born near Sevierville, Tennessee, Edward C. Huffaker earned degrees in mathematics and engineering. Between 1890 and 1892, while experimenting with gliders, he discovered the principle by which a curved wing surface generates lift. ...

Matthies' Brigade

John E. Smith's Division.

Matthies' Brigade

John E. Smith's Division - Smith's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Charles L. Matthies.

Col. Benjamin D. Dean.

Col. Jabez Banbury.

Nov. 25, 1863.

93d Illinois - Col. Holden Putnam (Killed).

93d Illinois - Lieut. Col. N.C. Buswell.

5th Iowa - Col. Jabez Banbury.

5th Iowa ...