Sent to me by Bill Penn, this page talks about a Civil War time love story between Unionist Henry Haviland and his love interest Susan Scroggins, a secessionist (Sesech). Visit this page for a great read.
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Cynthiana War Claims
This article was written by Bill Penn During the Second Battle of Cynthiana, on June 11, 1864, Morgan’s Raiders set fire to buildings downtown. For almost thirty six years citizens who lost property that day attempted to convince the federal government to repay them. Lobbying for this group of twenty-nine claimants was W. S. Haviland. …
Civil War
From Perrin’s History of Kentucky, 1882 Cynthiana’s War Experience.–Since the early years of the present century, war had been known to our citizens only by hearsay and history. It is true large contingents had been furnished by the town and vicinity for the Indian wars in the Northwest, and in the war of 1812, as …