Captured and Burned
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Markerman62
N 37° 33.192 W 085° 52.152
16S E 599882 N 4156844
A marker along US 31W several miles south of Elizabethtown.
Waymark Code: WMNGEF
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2015
Views: 5
On second Kentucky raid CSA Gen. J.H. Morgan's cavalry came from Glasgow to Hammonville, Dec. 25, 1862. Next day sent unit to Bacon Creek and other to Nolin to take stockades and burn trestles, both places. At Nolin, two miles west, 76 Union men taken prisoners and paroled. Stockades and trestles burned both places. Railroad out of use for critical time. See map.
Marker Name: Captured and Burned
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Battle (war)
Marker Number (for official markers): 748
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Department of Highways
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