Kentuckians Attend Confederate Reunion 1898

Ten Thousand Confederate veterans and their friends gathered in Atlanta, Georgia in 1898 to honor the living and dead of the Confederacy.[1] Delegates from western Kentucky who attended the reunion 20-23 July of that year included the following:

Brooks, F.M. – 10^th Kentucky Cavalry from Madisonville

Crockett, John W. – Co. B, 4^th Kentucky Infantry from Henderson

Hatchett, Edwin from Henderson [2]

Hollingsworth, J.W. – 8^th Kentucky Cavalry from Princeton

Holman, W.S. – 2^nd Kentucky Cavalry from Princeton

T.J. Johnson – 1^st Kentucky Cavalry from Princeton

Lyon, H.B., Brigadier General from Eddyville

Withers, J.H. – 8^th Kentucky Infantry from Princeton

Also attending were several ladies:

Johnson, Mrs. T.J. of Princeton

Hollingsworth, Miss Lillie of Princeton

Higbee, Miss Sabina of Princeton
Higbee, Miss Nellie of Princeton

Lester, Miss Jimmie of Princeton

White, Miss Susie of Princeton[3]

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[1] The New York Times, 21 July 1898, https:www/nytimes.com/1898/07/21/archives/the-confederate-reunion-ten-thousand-southern-veterans-in.html, accessed 27 Feb 2020.

[2] No company or regiment given.

[3] Louisville Courier-Journal, 25 Jul 1898, p . 4, Newspapers.com, accessed 27 Feb 2020.

Published 23 July 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/