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The Fenian units involved in the battle were the 7th Buffalo (NY), the 18th Ohio, the 13th Tennessee, and the 17th Kentucky Fenian Regiments, as well as independent companies from Indiana and from New Orleans (the Fenian Louisiana Tigers). The Fenians wore an assortment of blue U.S. Army and grey Confederate Army tunics, some with green facings ...
Historians agree that Boone was one of the first to be documented producing Bourbon whiskey in Kentucky in 1776. [2] According to local folklore the father of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas accepted a job at the Boone Distillery in 1814. [3] Boone was a pioneer to the area. [4] It was a time of sieges and skirmishes with local tribes.
The 17th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at Hartford and Calhoun, Kentucky, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment in December 1861 under the command of Colonel John Hardin McHenry Jr. Colonel McHenry was relieved of command on December 4, 1862, for issuing an order to his men to return runaway slaves to their masters, which was contrary to standing orders.
Green Distillery (1796–1870s), notable for its use of an early continuous distillation apparatus, invented by the distillery's then co-owner, Joseph Shee; Kilbeggan Distillery, formerly the Brusna Distillery and Locke's Distillery, claimed as the oldest licensed distillery, referencing a licence issued in 1757, although it was closed in 1954; production resumed at the site in 2007, but with ...
The WeHa Whiskey Festival will return Sept. 25 with 250 whiskeys and spirits at more than 40 tasting tables. The nine-year-old annual festival, which took a break last year due to the coronavirus ...
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The Kentucky Distillers’ Association, the Bourbon Crusaders and bourbon writer Fred Minnick are putting together an auction to raise money for Eastern Kentucky flood relief.
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival is a weeklong activity consisting of more than thirty events in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States, dedicated to celebrating the history and art of distilling bourbon whiskey. The organizers of the festival promote the strong association between bourbon and the city of Bardstown, and have trademarked the phrase ...