Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. King
Colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted in the Union Army as First Lieutenant in Capt. Albert Gallatin Bacon, which was raised in Franklin County. On the death of Captain Bacon at Sacramento, Lieutenant King became Captain, then Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and afterwards brevetted Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct. He commanded a brigade in Sherman's "ride to the sea."
Buried just north of Henry Clay [Jr.] are Lieutenant Colonel R. H. King and CPT Albert Gallatin Bacon. Captain Bacon was killed in a hand to hand fight with General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The A. G. Bacon Post of the Franklin County G. A. R. was so named to commemorate his name.
Colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted in the Union Army as First Lieutenant in Capt. Albert Gallatin Bacon, which was raised in Franklin County. On the death of Captain Bacon at Sacramento, Lieutenant King became Captain, then Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and afterwards brevetted Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct. He commanded a brigade in Sherman's "ride to the sea."
Buried just north of Henry Clay [Jr.] are Lieutenant Colonel R. H. King and CPT Albert Gallatin Bacon. Captain Bacon was killed in a hand to hand fight with General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The A. G. Bacon Post of the Franklin County G. A. R. was so named to commemorate his name.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. King
Colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted in the Union Army as First Lieutenant in Capt. Albert Gallatin Bacon, which was raised in Franklin County. On the death of Captain Bacon at Sacramento, Lieutenant King became Captain, then Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and afterwards brevetted Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct. He commanded a brigade in Sherman's "ride to the sea."
Buried just north of Henry Clay [Jr.] are Lieutenant Colonel R. H. King and CPT Albert Gallatin Bacon. Captain Bacon was killed in a hand to hand fight with General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The A. G. Bacon Post of the Franklin County G. A. R. was so named to commemorate his name.
Colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted in the Union Army as First Lieutenant in Capt. Albert Gallatin Bacon, which was raised in Franklin County. On the death of Captain Bacon at Sacramento, Lieutenant King became Captain, then Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and afterwards brevetted Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct. He commanded a brigade in Sherman's "ride to the sea."
Buried just north of Henry Clay [Jr.] are Lieutenant Colonel R. H. King and CPT Albert Gallatin Bacon. Captain Bacon was killed in a hand to hand fight with General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The A. G. Bacon Post of the Franklin County G. A. R. was so named to commemorate his name.
Inscription
LIEUT. COL.
R. H. KING
3D KY.
VET. CAV.
DIED
June 9, 1866
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