Battle of Tompkinsville, Ky
October 16-18, 2020
Episode 165 - The Battle of Tompkinsville

• At this site, Confederate Colonel John Hunt Morgan began his famous "First Kentucky Raid" with his first objective being the destruction of the Union force in and around Tompkinsville. Riding through the night, Morgan and his Raiders left Celina, Tennessee on July 8th crossed the Cumberland River and surprised the Union Forces on the early morning hours of July 9, 1862. 

-- from Trails-R-Us.com: John Hunt Morgan 
AC

This will be a full blown battle reenactment with infantry, artillery and Calvary. There will also be a sutler's row, a ladies tea, company camps and a Blue & Gray Dance. 

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Notable People of Monroe County

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Welby Lee  BIRTH:  21 Apr 1913
Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH:  28 Sep 1985 (aged 72)
Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL - Monroe County Memorial Lawn
Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky, USA
His life long search for the person who ran down his father on a rainy night in southern Kentucky. How he painstakingly pieced together pieces of the puzzle long before forensics and sophisticated lab work. Finally bringing the killer to justice.

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Monroe County Marble Super Dome

Click on link below to watch 1993 CBS Sunday Morning coverage of Monroe County Marble shooting:
https://www.facebook.com/m.t.england/videos/1736497046179/?t=15www.facebook.com/m.t.england/videos/1736497046179/?t=15
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