Fort Holt

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A Union recruiting ground, Fort Holt was named after Joseph Holt, a Breckinridge County native who pushed Unionism in Kentucky early in the Civil War. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Joseph Holt

By Sanders
Historical Marker #552 in Breckinridge County commemorates Joseph Holt, the Unionist judge advocate general who prosecuted the Lincoln assassination conspirators. Born in Breckinridge County in…