Museum commissions bust of Confederate general

Published June 16, 2013 3:46pm ET



ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Confederate general whose brother-in-law was the Union president is depicted in new bronze busts being sold to finance a statue destined for Elizabethtown’s Public Square.

Brig. Gen. Ben Hardin Helm of Elizabethtown led the 1st Kentucky Brigade, which is better known in the annals of history as the Orphan Brigade.

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