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Panorama view of Camp Zachary Taylor circa 1918. Camp Taylor is a neighborhood and former military base six miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States. First announced on June 11, 1917, it was originally a military camp named for former president Zachary Taylor. For a time it was America's largest military training camp ...
Camp Zachary Taylor was a military training camp in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened in 1917, to train soldiers for U.S. involvement in World War I , and was closed three years later. It was initially commanded by Guy Carleton and after the war its commanders included Julius Penn . [ 1 ]
Baptist History and Heritage Society. ISBN 978-1-57843-006-2. Leo T. Crismon, ed. (1975). Baptists In Kentucky, 1776–1976: A Bicentennial Volume. Middletown: Kentucky Baptist Historical Society. Ira V. Birdwhistell (1985). Baptists of the Bluegrass: A History of Elkhorn Baptist Association, 1785–1985. Berea, KY: Berea College Press.
The "Naturalization Tree" at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville is shown in a swearing-in ceremony in 1918. An anecdote in a story on Page 10 of the Aug. 16, 1918, edition of the Courier Journal ...
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Louisville's fortifications for the American Civil War were designed to protect Louisville, Kentucky, as it was an important supply station for the Union's fight in the western theater of the war. They were typically named for fallen Union officers; usually those that served in the Army of the Ohio .
The wooden barracks were erected at Third and Oak streets on the southern outskirts of Louisville about a mile from Beargrass Creek, and were designed to house new volunteers for the Union Army. They were named for former President Zachary Taylor. Planning began in early 1864, and the barracks were constructed quickly, with several wooden frame ...
This is a list of Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) posts in Kentucky, United States.The G.A.R. Department of Kentucky was officially organized January 17, 1883. [1]Over 100,000 Kentuckians, including 23,703 African Americans, served in the Union Army or the Union Navy during the Civil War, compared to over 40,000 soldiers who served in Kentucky Confederate regiments. [2]