Tour of the Old State Capitol

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Video of a school tour of the Old State Capitol in Frankfort.
Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Confederates Here

By Becky Riddle
Historical Marker #522 commemorates the Confederate occupation of Frankfort in September 1862. That summer, multiple Confederate armies invaded Kentucky in order to pull Union troops away from the vital railroad junction of Chattanooga,…