Confederate Raids
N 37° 20.493 W 085° 20.722
16S E 646567 N 4134046
CONFEDERATE RAIDS
Campbellsville,Kentucky on the Courthouse lawn, US 68
Waymark Code: WMH3T3
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2013
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Confederate Raids
General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry, returning from second Kentucky raid, here, Dec. 31, 1862. Took supplies. Went on to Tenn. On raid Union's rail supply line wrecked and $2,000,000 property destroyed. Morgan thru here again after three-hour battle at Tebb's Bend, July 4, 1863. Continued raid into Indiana to NE Ohio, where captured, July 26th.
Marker Name: CONFEDERATE RAIDS
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 706
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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