Old Washington

Kentucky

Washington, KY 41056, USA

Civil War-associated sites within this 1785 outpost for pioneers traveling the Buffalo Trace include: the birthplace and childhood home of Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston; the Methodist Episcopal Church South; the Paxton Inn, a documented Underground Railroad station; and the site of the slave auction that inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin -- now the Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum.

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Old Bardstown Village Civil War Museum

Bardstown, Kentucky | This museum focuses on "the War in the West, " which witnessed military beginnings of such famous Union generals as Grant...

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Historic Homes and Landmarks Tour of Lebanon

Lebanon, Kentucky | This self-guided tour offers a glimpse of a town where the Civil War came as a severe blow.

A sketch of a crowd waving an American flag in the street

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Mountain Homeplace

Staffordsville, Kentucky | This museum recreates life in Johnston County from 1850 to 1875.

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The Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill

Harrodsburg, Kentucky |This restored indoor and outdoor living history museum interprets the lives of the Shakers, a unique religious community.