Jerome Bonaparte Robertson, 1815-1891Randall Lee Gibson, 1832-1892

Historical marker location:

Versailles, Kentucky

( US 60, Versailles)

Jerome Bonaparte Robertson, 1815-1891 - Confederate brigadier general. Born in Woodford County. Transylvania University, medicine, 1835. Moved to Texas, 1836. Practiced medicine, Indian fighter, member legislature and Texas secession convention. Wounded at Second Manassas and Gettysburg. Fought at Chickamauga, Knoxville, and in Texas. Father of CSA Brig. Gen. Felix H. Robertson.

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Randall Lee Gibson, 1832-1892 - Confederate brigadier general. Born in Woodford, home of his grandfather. Parents lived Louisiana. Graduate Yale Univ., 1853. Distinguished for leadership at Shiloh, in 1862 Kentucky campaign, Chickamauga, Atlanta, and Hood's later invasion of Tennessee. U.S. House 1875-83, and Senate 1883-92, from Louisiana. Buried Lexington, Ky., Cemetery.

Dedicated on April 11, 1964.

Civil War Confederate Army Lexington Transylvania University