Monthly Archives: April 2025
Battery F Comes Home to Lawrence County
When the United States entered World War I in 1917, many of Lawrence County’s men went to the trenches for Uncle Sam. Several local men joined an all-volunteer regiment of field artillery that was recruited by former U.S. Senator Luke … Continue reading
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The Great Lawrenceburg Bacon Raid of 1862
On this day in 1862, Union and Confederate soldiers met in Lawrenceburg in one of the first recorded fights of the Civil War in Lawrence County…and it ended with Union troops hauling off thousands of pounds of captured bacon. On … Continue reading
Lawrence County History Trivia 