Inaugural Address

ID: 861
This file appears in: Confederates Here
Inaugural Address

Inaugural address of the Provisional Governor, Richard Hawes, when he was sworn as Governor on October 4, 1862.
Photo courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Confederates Here

By Becky Riddle
Historical Marker #522 commemorates the Confederate occupation of Frankfort in September 1862. That summer, multiple Confederate armies invaded Kentucky in order to pull Union troops away from the vital railroad junction of Chattanooga,…