In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists ...

Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by ...

More than 100 Civil War-era letters written by a Union Army soldier to his wife have been digitized and made available online ...

Historian and battlefield guide Darryl Smith will present “The Battle of Perryville and The Kentucky Campaign” at the next regular meeting of the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley at 7 p.m.

The Owensboro Museum of Science and History will host a special symposium, Civil War Guerrillas in Kentucky, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the museum, 122 E. Second St. The public event will ...

The Jessamine County Courthouse lawn is home to a one-of-a-kind Confederate Civil War monument that wears a Union soldier's hat. David Swartz is a historian and professor, who spent five years ...

On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and great-grandfather before him.But the history of the Bryan family farm dates back more than ...

These curated articles about Lexington, Kentucky, explore distinct elements of its rich history. They unveil unique stories ...

A normal workday in a Kentucky cornfield turned into a moment of breathtaking discovery. In the summer of 2023, a local farmer tilling his land stumbled on what would become one of the biggest troves ...

GLASGOW, Ky. (WBKO) — Around the year 1800, as Kentucky’s young frontier counties took shape, Barren County built its first ...