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

ID: 233
This file appears in: Paducah, Kentucky
Poem, "A night view of the battle of Raisin"

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 who lived near present-day Frankfort and…