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Memorial sculpture of the US 1st KY Cavalry unveiled Saturday to large crowd Dedication services were held Saturday, October 22, 2005 in the Columbia City Cemetery for the new Memorial Sculpture of the US First Kentucky CavalryLed by Col. Frank Lane Wolford. From the June, 2005 announcement that funding was approved, up to the moment the sculpture was unveiled last Saturday, work has gone on non-stop. Following the dedication and unveiling, there was a gathering at the Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce building to allow for discussion time. Project coordinator Vonnie Kolbenschlag reported that the weather was perfect and a crowd estimated at ninety to a hundred people attended the program which began with the Church Call by Bugler Brian Riley; Presentation of Colors by the 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment, Company F, Somerset; a welcome from Columbia Mayor Pat Bell, and a Prayer by Taylor County Judge Executive Paul Patton. Next on the program were Words From the Sculptor, artist Tim Smith and then the long-awaited unveiling of Sculpture, shared by Tim Smith, Yvonne Kolbenschlag. Original Masonic Tribute to Col. Frank Wolford by Joe Flowers. Paying Honor to the US First Kentucky Cavalry was by the 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment. Company F; Cavalry Retreat, Taps by Bugler Brian Riley; Procession of Colors by the 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment Company F; and the invitation Dismissal Mayor Bell closed the event at the memorial site. PROGRAM NOTES FROM SATURDAY'S EVENT: Project coordinator, Yvonne Kolbenschlag shares this information from the Program for Saturday's event, which included: U.S. First Kentucky Cavalry Known as Wolfords Men The oldest of Kentuckys cavalry regiments in Union service, the First Kentucky Cavalry protected against Confederate raiders and guarded supply lines; it gave three and a half years of continuous hard service. October 1861: Formed at Camp Dick Robinson in Garrard County December 1864: Mustered out at Camp Nelson in Jessamine County July 1863: Longest cavalry chase in U.S. history 1000 miles, 24 days of hard ridingresulting in capture of John Hunt Morgan The First Kentucky Federal Cavalry was the best cavalry regiment in that army and the colonel (Wolford) was the best cavalry officer. This was the only body of Federal cavalry that we ever had any trouble with when we had anything like the same force. They could ride faster, shoot harder, their rifles crack keener and bullets sing wickeder than any other command of cavalry we ever met. - Sgt. Dyer - CSA, Four Years in the Confederate Army, 1861 - 1865No Civil War unit traveled so far, took part in more actions, or was as persistent as the First Kentucky Cavalry and its daring men. . .They fought to preserve the Union and did not blemish its name. - Fred Burkhard, ed. The Casey County News, 1969 Click here for photos and story of the groundbreaking ceremony This sculpture would not be possible without the financial support of Kentucky Arts Councils Arts Build Communities grant, (with support from the Adair Arts Council), Columbia City Council, Bank of Columbia, George and Yvonne Kolbenschlag, Col. Bob Martin, great grandson of Col. Wolford, Wanda Hill, Joe Moore, Columbia Womans Club Community Trust Bank, United Citizens Bank, Judge Executive Jerry Vaughan, Magistrates Roger Stephens, Joe Rogers, Terry Farris, J.M. Shelley, Jr. Brown, Wid Harris, Attorney Jennifer Hutchison-Corbin, Sheriff Steve Cheatham, Jailor William Knight, Dr. Bill and Elise Luckey, Dean Adams, Doug and Jane Sapp, First National Bank, Columbia International Rotary, Effie Heskamp, Dean and Tillie Shelton, Phil Hanna, Taylor County Judge Executive Paul Patton. Thanks to Columbia City Cemetery Board for site and site preparation, Richard Phelps for arranging the dedication program, and to Sue Stivers as fiscal agent for Columbia/Adair County Tourism Commission. Project photography and documentation on ColumbiaMagazine.com by George Kolbenschlag and Linda Waggener. For information and copies of the program, call the Chamber of Commerce, 384-6020. This story was posted on 2005-10-25 11:53:44
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