Bryan S. Bush

On March 25, 2010, on KET on Louisville Life, I will be portraying Dr. Samuel Shipp. Dr. Shipp married Evalina Bray. Evalina inherited Bashford Manor in February 1865, when her only sister, Nancy Bray passed away and left her the estate. Dr. Shipp was a surgeon in the Confederate army.
I will be also discussing the thousands of Union soldiers that were camped on or near Bashford Manor during the Civil War.
Cythiana Cooke, who owns Bashford Manor, has beautifully restored the home and has turned the estate into a bed and breakfast. She is very much interested in the history behind the property, especially the Civil War.
The program on KET will focus on Bashford Manor during the Civil War and today’s efforts to revitalize the Bardstown Road area.

My Fellow Readers:

As you may have noticed I have not posted recently on the blog. I have super busy the last couple of weeks. If you have not caught my interview on NPR on State of Affairs, I recommend going to their web site and listening to the interview on my book Lincoln and the Speeds. I was also in Rowan County and did a presentation on General Burbridge. I was really welcomed by the historical society, and had a good time talking to the residents of the county. They have already invited me to come back and do another lecture. Today, I will be in Springfield, Kentucky signing books at the Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks re-enactment of the their wedding at the Lincoln Homestead. I will be there at 2:30 pm, so come on out and see a historic re-enactment and enjoy the beautiful weather.  This coming weekend I will be in Chicago, Illinois and will be doing a virtual booksigning at the Abraham Lincoln Bookstore on Saturday at 12 noon. After that I have a break for the hot days of July, then I will start up again in August. Keeping looking at the web site, we should have another article soon on Guerilla Warfare in Kentucky.

On edit: Here’s a link to the article: “Guerilla Warfare in Kentucky”.