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| May 23, 2009 Permalink Daughter of Civil War veteran dies at age 94 Quicklink submitted by Rady Ananda (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
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| Kentucky lost its last living daughter of a Civil War soldier on Thursday. Eva Martin, 94, of Bethelridge in Casey County, was the 14th child of John Green Watson, who served as a private in the Union Army's 1st Kentucky Calvary. That division, nicknamed the 'Wild Riders,' fought in Kentucky during the Battle of Wildcat Mountain in the Laurel County-Rockcastle County area and later in the Battle of Perryville in October 1862. |
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