November 24, 2024, marks 160 years since Campbellsville experienced the tragedy of the Civil War firsthand. That morning in 1864 just as most families were finishing breakfast and beginning their workday, 4,000 Union cavalrymen under the command of Gen. Edward Hatch...
Benefit of Clergy Does Not Mean What You Think it Does by Claudia Johnson Looking back through the Giles County court records, one comes across many cases where a person was convicted of a felony but pled “benefit of clergy” and basically go free. In the early days of...
Christmas 1898 by Claudia Johnson If the Pulaski Citizen from a century ago were the only evidence, the existence of Christmas would be hard to prove. Thick winter issues from 1896-98, comprised of narrow columns of tight, tiny text and wordy, elaborate advertisements...
