COLLECTION NAME:
Postcard Collection
Record
Filename:
MCPL_PC_0162.jpg
Identifier:
MCPL_PC_0162
Identifier:
S- 101462
Title:
GENERAL LLOYD TILGHMAN STATUE
subject:
Monuments
subject:
Civil War -- U.S., 1861-1865
subject:
History -- Paducah (KY)
subject:
Tilghman, Lloyd (1816-1863)
Description:
"GENERAL LLOYD TILGHMAN STATUE, Fountain Ave. Paducah, Kentucky, General Lloyd Tilghman, soldier and railroad builder, was a resident o Paducah from 1852-1861. He was a native of Maryland. A Captain in Kentucky Guards at the beginning of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate cause. He was captured at the Battle of Fort Henry in 1862, later exchanged and killed in defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi."
Publisher:
Thompson's Community Service, 1220 Chickasaw - Paris, Tenn. 38242
Type:
Still Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
English
Coverage:
Paducah (KY)
