Fort Henry

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

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 Academy at West Point and graduated five years…