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County: Franklin

A Civil War Reprisal

Marker Number: 

504

Location: 

New Capital Lawn

Near here on Nov. 2, 1864 four innocent Confederate prisoners were executed in reprisal for the murder of Union supporter, Robert Graham of Peaks Mill, Franklin Co. All Kentuckians: Elijah Horton of Carter, Thomas Hunt and John Long of Mason, Thornton Lafferty of Pendleton counties. Hunt's body reburied at Maysville, others in the Frankfort Cemetery.

Dedicated in 1962.

For more information, see ExploreKYHistory: A Civil War Reprisal

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