Martha Ferguson, Champ Ferguson's wife
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An ambrotype of Martha Ferguson, the wife of Civil War guerrilla Champ Ferguson. Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, Champ, Martha, and their daughter moved from Kentucky to Tennessee. As Confederate sympathizers, they assumed they would be safer in the Volunteer State. Image courtesy Frazier History Museum, Louisville, Kentucky.
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Civil War Terrorist
Historical Marker #780 marks the birthplace of Champ Ferguson, a Civil War guerrilla who was hanged by Union authorities after the Civil War.
Ferguson was born in Clinton County, Kentucky, in 1821. By the time the Civil War erupted, he had…