Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On September 3, 1862, Confederate cavalrymen rode into Frankfort, Kentucky, lowered the United States flag over the state capitol, and replaced it with a flag carried hundreds of miles from Louisiana.
But this wasn't simply a Confederate national flag.
Colonel John Simms Scott reported that his men raised the battle flag of the First Louisiana Cavalry because they did not have a Confederate flag available. Another contemporary account provides an even more remarkable detail: the flag had been presented to Scott's regiment by the ladies of New Orleans.
In this video, we follow the First Louisiana Cavalry during Edmund Kirby Smith's 1862 invasion of Kentucky, from the overwhelming Confederate victory at Richmond to the occupation of Frankfort. We also examine what contemporary sources tell us about the Louisiana flag that briefly flew above Kentucky's seat of government.
For a few remarkable days in September 1862, the outcome of the Confederate invasion of Kentucky remained uncertain. To those watching the American flag descend from Kentucky's Capitol and Scott's regimental colors rise in its place, the future of the state may have appeared very different from the one we know today.
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On September 3, 1862, Confederate cavalrymen rode into Frankfort, Kentucky, lowered the United States flag over the state capitol, and replaced it with a flag carried hundreds of miles from Louisiana.
But this wasn't simply a Confederate national flag.
Colonel John Simms Scott reported that his men raised the battle flag of the First Louisiana Cavalry because they did not have a Confederate flag available. Another contemporary account provides an even more remarkable detail: the flag had been presented to Scott's regiment by the ladies of New Orleans.
In this video, we follow the First Louisiana Cavalry during Edmund Kirby Smith's 1862 invasion of Kentucky, from the overwhelming Confederate victory at Richmond to the occupation of Frankfort. We also examine what contemporary sources tell us about the Louisiana flag that briefly flew above Kentucky's seat of government.
For a few remarkable days in September 1862, the outcome of the Confederate invasion of Kentucky remained uncertain. To those watching the American flag descend from Kentucky's Capitol and Scott's regimental colors rise in its place, the future of the state may have appeared very different from the one we know today.
#CivilWar #AmericanCivilWar #CivilWarHistory #KentuckyHistory #LouisianaHistory #FirstLouisianaCavalry #ConfederateCavalry #FrankfortKentucky #KentuckyCampaign #WesternTheater
patreon.com/HaveHistoryWillTravel
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etsy.com/shop/HistoryGoneWilder?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1535483000&from_page=listing
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