Wayne | March 21, 2010
There’s a family story in the central Kentucky Estepp clan that claims James Tinsley ESTEPP rescued a woman from drowning the in the Kentucky river. No one knew the name of the woman or the circumstances…until yesterday. Click the clipping below for the full story from the Mt. Sterling Advocate from 6 MAY 1908: The […]
Wayne | March 17, 2010
I have a muster record for Private Harry Francis claiming: JAN_FEB_64 absent, under arrest 2/5/64, reduced to ranks from 1st Corp I am puzzled as to what else may have happened on February 5th, 1864. If anyone has any clues, please drop me a comment here. While I wait, I’ll try to see if anyone […]
Wayne | March 16, 2010
Many regiments can point to a particular day in their lives where the “Fun” began. Whether that was an important battle, the day their Colonel was killed/promoted/both, or the day they got their Regimental Colors…they all have “that day”. The 7th Kentucky is no different and I would say that this day isn’t the day […]
Wayne | March 5, 2010
I just found something on this and thought I should move my other references, scattered across several blogs, to this space. So…here we go. 😉 During the first week of the 1862 Federal retreat from Cumberland Gap there was an incident at Manchester that has been shrouded in some mystery until today. We have known […]