About
High-ranking military officer during the Spanish-American War who was also the 30th Governor of Kentucky.
Before Fame
He was a geography and history teacher before enlisting in the army in 1846.
Trivia
He served as a Major General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
Family Life
He and his wife had a daughter named Lily. He lost his wife to tuberculosis in 1874.
Associated With
He was defeated by Union general Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Fort Donelson in 1862.
