John C. Breckinridge Monument, Lexington

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John C. Breckinridge Monument, Lexington

John C. Breckinridge, nephew of the Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge, was U.S. vice president and, during the Civil War, was the Confederate secretary of war. This monument to him sits next to the Fayette County Courthouse in Lexington. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge

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Historical Marker #2277 notes Lexington's First Presbyterian Church and one nineteenth century pastor, the Reverend Robert J. Breckinridge. During the Civil War, Kentucky Presbyterian minister Robert J. Breckinridge was an important advisor…