1862 - ARRIVAL AT CROMWELL

 

"ARRIVAL AT CROMWELL, OHIO CO., KENTUCKY”  “OUR SPECIAL AND HIS CONTRABAND, UNDER ESCORT, CHANGING THEIR BASE OF OPERATIONS." From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.  Dated 14 Feb 1862

Leslie was traveling with the Union Army in February 1862 when they came through the Cromwell area.

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, later renamed Leslie's Weekly, was an American illustrated literary and news magazine founded in 1855 and published until 1922. It was one of several magazines started by publisher and illustrator Frank Leslie.

Source:  WKY Library