USCT Artillery Garrison

ID: 493
This file appears in: 8th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery

This period photograph shows a USCT artillery battery in camp at Johnsonville, Tennessee. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: 8th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2361 in McCracken County notes the Civil War service of the 8th United States Colored Heavy Artillery. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln believed that Kentucky-a…