Fort Henry

ID: 1640
This file appears in: Gen. Lloyd Tilghman

General Lloyd Tilghman was captured at Fort Henry by Union Forces and as a prisoner of war for several months until his release in a prisoner exchange. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Gen. Lloyd Tilghman

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #1043 in McCracken County remembers Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman. Tilghman was born in Maryland on January 26, 1818. At age fifteen, he entered the United States Military…