Aaron Robert Lynn, known as "Uncle Bob" Lynn, was born on a farm in Union County and led the normal life of a farmer's son until the outbreak of the War. Immediately he tried to enlisted in one of the three Confederate companies being formed at Sulphur Springs, but was rejected because of his youth. He exaggerate his age a little, as he would not yet be eighteen, this time he was accpeted, being enrolled in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, of the Second Brigade, which was commanded by Brig General John Hunt Morgan (Morgan's Raiders). Shortly after his enlistement the regiment went south engaging in the Battle of Murfreesboro, TN, scouting and fighting almost every day. He followed Brig General Morgan on his raid through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. In attempting to cross the Ohio at Buffington's Landing above Cincinnati, he was thrown from his horse. He recovered his mount, but eluded the pusuers for only a day. For the remainder of the war he spent most of his time in prison. He was confined for 18 months, first at Camp Morton near Indianapolis, then Camp Douglas at Chicago, from which he was freed in an exhange for captured Union Soldiers. He walked to Nashville, were he was given the choice of taking the oath or be imprisoned again. He refused to take the oath of allegiance and was confined in the State penitentiary until his unit's command surrendered. He was Union County's last Confederate veteran. He returned to farming and acquried the ownership of Sulphur Springs Farm in 1915, which was famous as a mineral springs resort with a hotel, race course, and bowling alleys. He built a confortable six-room, white frame cottage in which he made his home until his death.
Aaron Robert Lynn, known as "Uncle Bob" Lynn, was born on a farm in Union County and led the normal life of a farmer's son until the outbreak of the War. Immediately he tried to enlisted in one of the three Confederate companies being formed at Sulphur Springs, but was rejected because of his youth. He exaggerate his age a little, as he would not yet be eighteen, this time he was accpeted, being enrolled in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, of the Second Brigade, which was commanded by Brig General John Hunt Morgan (Morgan's Raiders). Shortly after his enlistement the regiment went south engaging in the Battle of Murfreesboro, TN, scouting and fighting almost every day. He followed Brig General Morgan on his raid through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. In attempting to cross the Ohio at Buffington's Landing above Cincinnati, he was thrown from his horse. He recovered his mount, but eluded the pusuers for only a day. For the remainder of the war he spent most of his time in prison. He was confined for 18 months, first at Camp Morton near Indianapolis, then Camp Douglas at Chicago, from which he was freed in an exhange for captured Union Soldiers. He walked to Nashville, were he was given the choice of taking the oath or be imprisoned again. He refused to take the oath of allegiance and was confined in the State penitentiary until his unit's command surrendered. He was Union County's last Confederate veteran. He returned to farming and acquried the ownership of Sulphur Springs Farm in 1915, which was famous as a mineral springs resort with a hotel, race course, and bowling alleys. He built a confortable six-room, white frame cottage in which he made his home until his death.
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