State Arsenal

ID: 2279
This file appears in: 1864 Attack on Frankfort

The State Arsenal at Frankfort, which was built in 1850, was another target of the raiders. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: 1864 Attack on Frankfort

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2416 in Frankfort commemorates the June 1864 Confederate attacks on Frankfort by elements of John Hunt Morgan's cavalry. In the fall of 1862, Frankfort had been captured by the…