Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
July 5, 1863, General J. H. Morgan’s Raiders battled Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Hanson’s small Union force for nearly six hours in Lebanon. During the fight, the Confederates pushed the federals through the town. The Union troops used the L & N Railroad Depot as a defensive position, and Morgan tried to burn them out by setting fire to nearby buildings. The strategy worked, and the Union troops surrendered. Morgan’s Raiders burned Lebanon’s clerk’s office. Morgan wanted to burn treason indictments against some of his men. All the county records were destroyed.
Roadside History: A Guide to Kentucky Highway Markers edited by Melba Porter Hay, Dianne Wells, Thomas H. Appleton, Jr., Thomas H. Appleton; pg:30
July 5, 1968, Kentucky added Cassius M. Clay’s White Hall to the Kentucky State Park Systems.

July 5, 1951, Army PFC Ralph Middleton from Harlan County died in the Korean War.
July 5, 1952, Army MSG Oscar P. Peveler from Daviess County died in the Korean War.
Localtonians wishes a Happy Birthday to Scottsville native Hillbilly Jim, born in 1952.
July 5, 1966, Army 1LT Jerry A. Roberts from Cerulean in Trigg County died in the Vietnam War.
July 5, 1971, Tom T. Hall released The Year That Clayton Delaney Died.
July 5, 2014, a Kentucky bred won the GI $1,250,000 Belmont Derby by a neck.