Andrew Graff Hamilton, born in Pa. on Jan. 9, 1835, was a Woodbury resident before the Civil War and joined Co. A of the 12th Ky. (Union) Cavalry on Aug. 12, 1862. Captured at Jonesboro, Tn., in Aug. 1863 and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond, Va., he became a leader in one of the war’s most incredible prison escapes. Along with Col. Thos. Rose, he led a mass prison escape, and on Feb. 9, 1864, he led 109 Federal officers from Libby Prison; 48 were recaptured, including Col. Rose. In 1893 he was the guest of honor at Libby Prison Nat’l War Museum at the World’s Fair in Chicago. He was murdered on April 2, 1895 by Sam Spencer in Morgantown and is buried in the Bethlehem Cemetery in Reedyville, Ky.