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William H. Horsfall, one of the youngest Kentuckians to receive the Medal of Honor for service during the Civil War, is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Born in Newport in 1847, he served as a drummer in Company G, First Kentucky Infantry (USA). He received the Medal of Honor for saving the life of a wounded officer lying between the lines during combat at Corinth, Mississippi, on May 21, 1862. This war hero died in 1922.
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