George Thomas Prosser

ID: 1173
This file appears in: African American Cemetery #2

George Thomas Prosser, a member of the famous 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, who was captured at the Battle of Fort Wagner, rests in African American Cemetery #2. Photograph courtesy of Tim Talbott.

This file appears in: African American Cemetery #2

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2110 in Lexington notes the location of African American Cemetery #2, which was established in 1869. After the Civil War, Kentucky African Americans looked to make good on the…