Colonel D. W. Lindsey

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This file appears in: Camp Swigert
Colonel D. W. Lindsey

A watercolor portrait of Colonel D. W. Lindsey, commander of the 22nd Kentucky Union Infantry Regiment, which was raised at Camp Swigert. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Camp Swigert

By Sanders
Historical Marker #2247 in Greenup County commemorates Camp Swigert, a Union recruiting camp. In December 1861, the 22nd Kentucky Union Infantry Regiment organized at this camp. Recruits came from Louisville and Greenup, Franklin, Carter, Lewis,…