Richard Hawes
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Richard Hawes Jr. was a United States representative from Kentucky and the second Confederate governor of Kentucky. He was part of the politically influential Hawes family. His brother, uncle, and cou
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George W. Johnson (governor)
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George Washington Johnson was the first Confederate governor of Kentucky. A lawyer-turned-farmer from Scott County, Kentucky, Johnson, a supporter of slavery who owned 26 slaves, favored secession as
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…Hawes was offered the position of state auditor, but declined. Months later, he was selected to be Confederate governor of the Commonwealth following George W. Johnson's death at the Battle of Shiloh. Hawes and the Confederate government traveled with Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee, and when Bragg invaded Kentucky…
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Johnson's gravestone in Georgetown Cemetery in Georgetown, Kentucky.