The Story of a Colonel and His Lady

Listen to the tale of Colonel Eugene Erwin, Henry Clay’s grandson, who was killed at Vicksburg fighting for the Confederacy, and Josephine Russell, his wife, who, after the war, became the first and greatest woman horse breeder in the world.

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