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The Louisville Unions Win Again
From the Louisville Courier-Journal, May 18, 1908 The Louisville Unions defeated the strong Stars, of Columbus, Ind., by the score of 11...

Kirk Jenkins
Feb 4, 20201 min read


To The Young Men of Oldham and Adjoining Counties
From the Louisville Daily Journal, September 14, 1861 The undersigned is authorized to raise in Oldham and adjoining counties a company...

Kirk Jenkins
Feb 3, 20201 min read


The Stars Versus Louisville Unions.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal, May 17, 1908 The Stars, considered to be a strong team of colored ball players, will play the...

Kirk Jenkins
Feb 2, 20201 min read


Bad Quarto, Naughty Quarto!!
It’s been said that three individuals have been the subject of more books than anyone else in history: Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln and...

Kirk Jenkins
Feb 1, 20204 min read


Lieutenant Colonel Campbell Gets Married
From the Louisville Daily Courier, November 15, 1849 On the 13th Inst., by Rev. J. H. Linn, Mr. William P. Campbell to Mrs. Sarah J....

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 31, 20201 min read


The Louisville Unions’ Upcoming Series
From the Louisville Courier-Journal, April 29, 1908 The Standard Giants, formerly known as the Rock City Unions, of Nashville, Tenn., a...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 30, 20201 min read


Major Campbell Calls a Meeting of the Temperance Society
From the Louisville Daily Courier, February 1, 1853 Notice – The members of the Division are requested to be punctual in their attendance...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 29, 20201 min read


The Louisville Giants and Louisville Unions Win
From the Louisville Courier-Journal, April 27, 1908 Louisville Giants 8, Indianapolis White Sox 3 The Louisville Giants, colored,[1] one...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 28, 20202 min read


Lieutenant Colonel Halpin Runs for City Engineer
From the Cincinnati Enquirer, March 13, 1853 WILLIAM G. HALPIN, (PRESENT CITY SURVEYOR), is a candidate for the office of City Civil...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 27, 20201 min read


The Pope Guards Begin Recruiting
From The Louisville Journal, September 10, 1861 NEW COMPANY – Our artistic friend I. B. Webster has been authorized to raise a company...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 19, 20201 min read


The Louisville Journal Encourages Enlistments
From The Louisville Journal, September 10, 1861 We invite attention to the Military Call which we publish this morning from Messrs. Pope,...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 19, 20201 min read


Pop Lloyd Still Going Strong
From the Harrisburg Telegraph, April 30, 1925 Visiting Player Real Vet “Pop” Lloyd, second baseman for the Bacharach Giants, is probably...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 18, 20201 min read


Pop Lloyd On the Move?
From The New York Age, September 12, 1925 John Henry Lloyd May Manage Lincoln Giants Next Season An unconfirmed rumor has it that John...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 18, 20202 min read


What’s With the Blog Title?
I’ve been asked where the unusual title of this blog comes from. Well, when I decided I wanted to put together a website for my non-legal...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 18, 20202 min read


A Memorial Tribute to Colonel James Brown Forman
From the Louisville Daily Journal, January 30, 1863 THE LATE COLONEL FORMAN To the Editors of the Louisville Journal: January 26, 1863...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 12, 20203 min read


The Recruitment of the Fifteenth Kentucky Begins
From The Louisville Daily Journal, September 10, 1861 TO THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON, OLDHAM, HENRY, SPENCER, BULLITT, LARUE, NELSON,...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 12, 20201 min read


The Shakespeare Project - Enter Chorus
Enter Chorus.[1] Why Shakespeare? My Shakespeare project began in the aftermath of a health “challenge.” At the time, I’d written three...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 12, 20204 min read


Colonel James Brown Forman, Second Commander of the Fifteenth Kentucky
Colonel James Brown Forman, the second son of Thomas Seabrooke Forman and Mary Ann Brown, was born on December 12, 1842, in Louisville,...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 12, 20201 min read


Colonel Curran Pope, First Commander of the 15th Kentucky
Colonel Curran Pope was born in Louisville, Kentucky on June 30, 1813, the fourth son of Worden Pope and Elizabeth Thruston. Following...

Kirk Jenkins
Jan 12, 20202 min read
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