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By Dave Knoch, June 23, 2015
Kentucky African American Civil War Memorial (West face)
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1 ► Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort — Kentucky African American Civil War Memorial —
(North face) Erected by Woman's Relief Corps No. 8 G.A.R. July 1924 Monument Commission E.T. Strauss, President N.C. Coleman, Secretary L.C. Redding Mary L. Brooks Clara C. McWilliams Susan Butcher M.B. McCary Sallie Handy Kate Richardson . . . — — Map (db m84704) WM
2 ► Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort — Kentucky's United States Colored Troops —
Officially, 23,703 African Americans in Kentucky responded to the call to arms by President Lincoln and Frederick Douglass to join the ranks of the newly organized United States Colored Troops. Units were organized with men from across the . . . — — Map (db m84675) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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