Confederate Raids - Columbia, KY
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N 37° 06.165 W 085° 18.370
16S E 650512 N 4107613
A Kentucky historical marker located on the southwestern courthouse lawn in Columbia, KY about Civil War troop movements.
Waymark Code: WM19VJ6
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2024
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Confederate Raids
Gen. John Hunt Morgan's cavalry, returning from second Kentucky raid, passed here on way back to Tennessee, Jan. 1, 1863. On raid, Union's rail supply line wrecked and $2,000,000 property destroyed.
July 3, 1863, Morgan here again drove out small USA force. On July 8, at Brandenburg, crossed river into Indiana. Captured in NE Ohio, July 26.
Reference: Pictured marker
Marker Name: Confederate Raids
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Battle (war)
Marker Number (for official markers): 707
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways
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