Death of Col. Clay
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This print shows the death of Lt. Col. Henry Clay, Jr., who served with the 2nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment. Clay and the 2nd Kentucky’s Colonel, William McKee, died at the Battle of Buena Vista. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Henry Clay, Jr.
Historical Marker #1 in Lexington notes the location of Ashland, the home and estate of Kentucky statesman Henry Clay. Henry Clay, Sr. was born in 1777 in Virginia. The son of a Baptist minister, Henry was the seventh of nine children. Clay worked…