john breckenridge escaped and went to cuba and from there, to mexico and canada until a general amnestyclaimed by andrew johnson and then john c breckenridge came back to lexington where he resumed his law practice and became a very influential member of the community. but there is probably nobody in the western theater of war or in the war in general, or few people who cut a bigger shadow in the war effort then john c breckenridge. we are standing in front of stone marking the grave of general gordon granger. general granger did not come from lexington. he came from new york, graduate of west point, class of 1845. a prominent combatant in the mexican war and the war in the west for the civil war and after, he wins his fame at the battle of chickamauga at the 20th of september, 1863. but that's not what we know him more. at the wars and on june 19, 1865, he was in command of occupational troops in galveston, texas. it was gordon granger who issued general order number three which proclaimed to all the citizens of galveston and the citizens of texas that those who were previously held in

people who cut a bigger shadow in the war effort then john c breckenridge. we are standing in front of stone marking the grave of general gordon granger. general granger did not come from lexington. he came from new york, graduate of west point, class of 1845. a prominent combatant in the mexican war and the war in the west for the civil war and after, he wins his fame at the battle of chickamauga at the 20th of september, 1863. but that's not what we know him more. at the wars and on june 19, 1865, he was in command of