Mass Graves of Civil War Black Union Soldiers Possibly Located in Kentucky

In early 1865, Company E of the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry in Kentucky got an assignment–drive cattle from Camp Nelson to Louisville. 

They were attacked by a confederate guerilla group.

More than a century later, retired state representative Jerry Miller set out on a journey. To find the mass grave of the victims of the Simpsonville massacre.

Read how modern technology aided his search. Click below.