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Photographer: Tom Bosse
Taken: July 4, 2018
Caption: Isaac Shelby Patriot
Additional Description: In his second term as governor, Shelby personally led nearly 4,000 Kentucky volunteers to the shores of Lake Erie to assist General William Henry Harrison in a crucial campaign in the northwest during the War of 1812. Their help made possible the decisive victory in the Battle of the Thames October 5, 1813. Congress awarded Shelby a Gold Medal of Honor for his services and cited him as “a patriot without reproach and a soldier without ambition.”
Submitted: August 14, 2018, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p440456
File Size: 7.629 Megabytes

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