Gov. Thomas Bramlette
This file appears in: A Civil War Reprisal
Burbridge had a falling out with Governor Thomas E. Bramlette, pictured here, that resulted in Burbridge being relived as military commander of Kentucky in February 1865. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: A Civil War Reprisal
A Civil War Reprisal
Historical Marker #504 in Frankfort notes the location where four Confederate men were executed in 1864, as an act of retaliation for the murder of a local Unionist by guerrillas.
In the border state of Kentucky, allegiances were sometimes fluid…