Covington, KY-Civil War Fortifications - Kentucky Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Sign text as follows:

Reports of Kirby Smith’s CSA troops approaching Cincinnati caused panic in September 1862. Gen. Lew Wallace led Union troops and volunteers from rural Ohio (known as “Squirrel Hunters”) across Ohio River on a hastily constructed pontoon bridge made of coal barges. Marching south to Ky. hills, they fortified area at Newport, Covington, Forts Mitchell and Wright.

(Reverse) Some 50,000 guarded approaches to Cincinnati. After CSA Gen. Henry Heth tried this strong defensive line, the rebel army retreated. Lew Wallace later wrote Ben Hur, published in 1880. Pontoon bridge was laid in shadows of stone piers of John Roebling Suspension Bridge, prototype of his Brooklyn Bridge.

Marker Name: Cival War Fortifications Marker Location: City Type of Marker: Battle (war) Marker Number (for official markers): 2151 Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: City of Covington and Licking Riverside Civic Assoc.

Visit Instructions:
A picture of the site or anything specific to the text on marker.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   05/25/2018 jiggs11 visited it 10/10/2016 Simplenfun visited it 10/08/2016 Crazy4horses visited it 10/02/2016 stevepre2 visited it 05/09/2015 BuckeyeFinnigan visited it 06/02/2014 Historic Markers visited it 07/31/2012 BruceS visited it 01/08/2011 Wallyum visited it 04/19/2009 Go Boilers! visited it

View all visits/logs