Confederate General Roger W. Hanson
This file appears in: Clark County's Hanson Brothers
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 nature of the war.
Roger Hanson was born in…