A Masterful Retreat - Grayson, Kentucky
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 19.884 W 082° 56.550
17S E 330216 N 4244370
Failure of reinforcements to reach here caused Confederates to leave Oct. 1, 1862 and rejoin main CSA force in Lexington.
Waymark Code: WM18FFP
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2023
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A Masterful Retreat
As Gen. George W. Morgan's Union force, 8,000 when here, retreated from Cumberland Gap, they were harassed from West Liberty by CSA Gen. John H. Morgan's Raiders. Failure of reinforcements to reach here caused Confederates to leave Oct. 1, 1862 and rejoin main CSA force in Lexington. Union forces reached Greenup Oct. 3, 200 miles in 16 days.
Erected 1963 by Kentucky Historical Society-Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 642.)
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1963
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Kentucky Historical Society-Kentucky Department of Highways
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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