Buffington Island
Battlefield Preservation Foundation

George W. Cassell, a resident of central Kentucky, enlisted as a sergeant in the Confederate States Army on September 10, 1862 in...

Middleswart Cemetery There are several cemeteries in what is known as the Portland Bottoms, the flat area over which the Battle of Buffington Island took place (a more appropriate name for the battle would actually be Portland or Portland Bottoms since no fighting took place on the island). Separated by less than a mile, two of the Portland area cemeteries, Middleswart and Browning, are the final resting places for several Civil War veterans. Both cemeteries were in existence

Just one quarter mile south of the Battle of Richmond Visitor's Center in Madison County, Kentucky lies the Blue Grass Memorial Cemetery....