Lexington, Kentucky | First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln resided at this historic site between the ages of thirteen and twenty-one, and Abraham Lincoln was a guest here following their marriage.

Civil War
Historic Site
Riverview at Hobson Grove
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Kentucky
1100 West Main Street
Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA
Website: www.bgky.org/riverview »
The Hobson House, an Italianate mansion, was partially constructed before the Civil War. Col. William Hobson, son of builder Atwood Hobson and the youngest Union colonel on record, requested that Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, commanding Southern officer during the Confederate occupation of Bowling Green, spare the property. Buckner filled the basement of the unfinished mansion with Confederate ammunition. Atwood Hobson, one of the most ardent Union supporters in southern Kentucky, brought a French military professor to his home for the purpose of instructing William and his contemporaries in French military tactics. Atwood, president of a local bank, borrowed $30,000 to advance the Union cause. He also purchased 300 rifles to arm local citizens against the Confederates.
Prestonburg, Kentucky | This historic site was the boyhood home of Col. Andrew Jackson May, the leading Confederate organizer in eastern Kentucky.
Lexington, Kentucky | This historic site was the family home of Gen. John Hunt Morgan , "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy," and the birthplace of Nobel laureate Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan, pioneer geneticist.
Louisville, Kentucky | Completed in 1816, this historic site was the center of a 550 acre hemp plantation owned by the Speed family and sustained by nearly 60 slaves.
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