Kentucky Gateway Museum Center

Kentucky

215 Sutton Street
Maysville, KY 41056
United States

Website

http://www.kygmc.org

Old Washington, a suburb of Maysville, is the childhood home of Albert Sidney Johnston. His home is now a historic museum. Col. Thomas Marshall raised the Sixteenth Kentucky Brigade in Mason County. Families were divided during the war and the museum research library holds many important original documents and books pertaining to the Civil War, including a diary, orders, muster rolls and letters.

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This is a sketch of a man holding up the American flag as it waves in the wind.

Civil War | Historic Site

Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site

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Civil War | Museum

The Samuel May House Living History Museum

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Hunt-Morgan House

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Childhood home of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln located in Lexington, Kentucky.

Civil War | Historic Site

Mary Todd Lincoln House

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