Oldest Civil War memorial has new home

What is believed to be the nation’s oldest Civil War memorial will now call the Frazier Museum in Kentucky home for at least 10 years. The limestone Bloedner Monument was unveiled in the lobby of the museum on Wednesday. The monument was created in 1862 to commemorate the 32nd Indiana Infantry after the 1861 Battle of Rowlett’s Station in Munfordville, Ky. • Article

Interesting yarn on war's last horse

A steed named King Richard carried a Confederate soldier late during the Civil War and lived to a remarkably old age for a horse, dying in the 1890s in Bristol, Va. • Article