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Bradley in Magoffin County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
 

Reuben Patrick Grave

 
 
Reuben Patrick Grave Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, October 19, 2019
1. Reuben Patrick Grave Marker
Inscription. Detachment leader, 14th Vol. Inf. USA force engaged largely in this area. CSA camped near Ivyton in March, 1863. On night of 20th, as posted guard slept, Patrick boldly detached gun from carriage, hid it in woods. Their only artillery, a Williams Rapid Fire Gun. CSA moved on, left carriage. Gun was displayed many years, now lost. Patrick a Kentucky legislator, 1863-67.
 
Erected 1966 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 902.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1863.
 
Location. 37° 42.723′ N, 83° 0.504′ W. Marker is in Bradley, Kentucky, in Magoffin County. Marker is at the intersection of Burning Fork Road (Kentucky Route 1888) and Jerry Rice Lane, on the left when traveling south on Burning Fork Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Salyersville KY 41465, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Legends in Blue and Gray (approx. 4.2 miles away); Wm. "Uncle Billie" Adams (approx. 4.3 miles away); County Named, 1860 (approx. 4.3 miles away); First Settlement
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(approx. 4½ miles away); Civil War Action (approx. 4½ miles away); a different marker also named First Settlement (approx. 4.6 miles away); Ivy Point Skirmishes (approx. 4.6 miles away); Boone Salt Springs (approx. 10.2 miles away).
 
Regarding Reuben Patrick Grave. The gun was not lost. It was moved from the county in 1950 and is in the collection of the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort.
 
Also see . . .  Captain Reuben Patrick and the Williams Gun. Excerpt:
The Williams Gun was the first machine-gun type weapon ever used in combat. It was built for the Confederate War Dept. in Sept. 1861 by Confederate Captain R.S. Williams from Covington, KY. ...

This gun was crank operated, and was a very light artillery piece, and fired a one pound 1.57 cal projectile. It had a range of 2,000 yards. The gun was operated by a lever, that was attached to a revolving cam shaft, which rotated a cylinder. Each time the cylinder turned, a cartridge was dropped into the breech and a sliding hammer hit the cartridge’s percussion cap. It took three men to fire this gun at a rate of 60-65 rounds per minute. One man aimed and fired the gun, the second one put a paper cartridge into the breech, and the third man put on the percussion cap. The biggest
Reuben Patrick Grave Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, October 19, 2019
2. Reuben Patrick Grave Marker
problem with this gun was overheating, which made the breech jam because of heat expansion. It was the only one of the rapid-fire arms to utilize the gases from the fired round to help operate the mechanism. It was a curious piece and weighed about one hundred and fifty pounds.
(Submitted on March 1, 2020.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 1, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 360 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 1, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
 
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Photo of Reuben Patrick’s gravesite on the hillside in view of the marker. You may need to ask permission to cross private property to reach it • Can you help?

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