Original sentence: 59, which called for the killing of four Confederate prisoners for every Union soldier lost.Confederate Colonel Lee A.However, the held on until Union gunboats arrived, forcing Sypert to withdraw.It honors two Confederate soldiers who were killed in accordance with  the standing order of the Union General in command in Kentucky, Stephen G.Rankin, who later died.Sypert of the 16th Kentucky Cavalry (unofficially called the 13th Cavalry) tried to rescue the two men, using a bluff, on July 21 two draw away Union forces.The two men honored on the monument were Charles W.The two men were killed on  July 22, 1864.The two were killed by firing squad on the banks of the Ohio River in Henderson, immediately after which the Union gunboats left the city, along with all the Union soldiers in the city.They were originally held in Daviess County, but were taken to Henderson by Federal troops to be killed.Thompson (age 18) and Pierman Powell (age 25), who were murdered in retaliation to the wounding of a prominent resident of Henderson, Kentucky, James E
Edited sentence: 59, which called for the murder of four Confederate prisoners for every one Union soldier lost.Colonel Lee A.However, the Union forces there held on until Union gunboats arrived, forcing Sypert to withdraw.It honors two Confederate martyrs who were killed in cold blood due to the standing order of Union General over Kentucky Stephen G.On the 22nd the martyrs were killed by firing squad on the banks of the Ohio River in Henderson, immediately after which the Union gunboats left the city, taking every Union soldier in the city with them.Rankin, who died after Thompson and Powell were murdered in cold blood.Sypert of the 16th Kentucky Cavalry (unofficially called the 13th Cavalry) tried to rescue the martyrs, using a bluff, on July 21.The date of their execution was July 22, 1864.The two martyrs were Charles W.They were originally held in Daviess County, but were taken to Henderson for the purpose of being killed.Thompson (age 18) and Pierman Powell (age 25), who were murdered in retaliation to the wounding of prominent resident of Henderson, Kentucky James E