Confederate General Roger W. Hanson
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Confederate General Roger W. Hanson was a native of Winchester, Kentucky. His brother, Charles, was a Union colonel during the Civil War. Roger Hanson was killed at the Battle of Stones River, fought in Tennessee. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: Clark County's Hanson Brothers
Clark County's Hanson Brothers
Historical Marker #951 in Clark County notes the fratricidal nature of Kentucky’s Civil War. Five Hanson brothers fought on opposite sides, and two of them, Roger and Charles, represent the divisive…