Poem, "A night view of the battle of Raisin"

ID: 233
This file appears in: Paducah, Kentucky

This is the manuscript of a poem entitled "A Night View of the Battle of Raisin, Jany 22nd, 1813" written by William O. Butler.

Image Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society

This file appears in: Paducah, Kentucky

By Stuart Sanders
Historical Marker #918 at Paducah in McCracken County notes the county's namesake, Virgil McCracken, who was killed during the War of 1812. Virgil McCracken's parents were early Kentucky settlers…