The Kentucky Life episode recounting the story of the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was nominated by the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for a Regional Emmy Award.
Back in 1861, host Dave Shuffett's great-great-grandfather put on a blue U.S. Army uniform, left Green County, and joined the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry to fight against the South in the U.S. Civil War.
The Kentucky Life crew travels to Shiloh in Tennessee, where the 13th first saw combat, and then to Resaca and Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia.
Dave also takes part in a battle re-enactment at Camp Wildcat in Laurel County, joining the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Union soldier. This group, which mainly portrays a company from the famed Confederate Orphan Brigade, also re-enacts as the Union's 13th Kentucky.
There were 751 total Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Award entries this year, a record number, and only 291 received nominations. Nineteen KET productions and programs were nominated for an Emmy Award. This episode was produced by Brandon Wickey and Dave Shuffett.
To see other KET nominated features, visit blogs.ket.org/spotlight/?p=10884