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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16UK_the-ravine_Nancy-KY.html
Colonel Speed Fry (photo inset)
For much of the battle the Union defense line was behind a rail fence at the top of the hill. Colonel Speed Fry of the Union 4th Kentucky said that his men there came "under a galling fire from the enemy, who wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16UB_archaeology-and-the-mill-springs-battlefield_Nancy-KY.html
For several years the Mill Springs Battlefield Association, with the help of professional archeologists, has located and mapped artifacts on the battlefield. The type of artifact, their placement, and density is used to determine the units present…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16TT_balie-peyton-jr-1833-1862_Nancy-KY.html
Lieutenant Balie Peyton, Jr.
All battles have their stories of heroism and devotion to duty. All battles have the tragic death of those too young. The story of Balie Peyton, Jr., at Mill Springs is one of those stories. Peyton's story lifts the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16SU_the-union-line-at-the-fence_Nancy-KY.html
After the initial contact between the Union and Confederate forces in the foggy half light of the winter morning, Colonel Speed Fry, commanding the 4th Kentucky Infantry (US), pulled his men back to a rail fence on a hill east of the Mill Springs …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16SG_battle-on-a-sabbath-morn_Nancy-KY.html
You are standing in the center of the area where most of the Mill Springs Battle took place on Sunday morning, January 19, 1862. This illustration depicts the scene from a birds eye viewpoint above and behind you. The Union line stood to your left…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16S5_fix-bayonets-charge_Nancy-KY.html
"If it gets too hot for you, shut your eyes my boys - forward!" - Major Gustave Kammerling, 9th Ohio (photo inset)
Union Colonel Robert McCook, commanding the Union 3rd Brigade ordered one of the few successful bayonet charges of the Civil War.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16S3_george-henry-thomas_Nancy-KY.html
Note: this marker is weathered and partly illegible. Some words are inferred and others are indecipherable.
George Henry Thomas was born in Southampton County, Virginia, July 31, 1815. At the age sixteen he was forced to flee his home along wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16R3_mistaken-identity-a-deadly-error_Nancy-KY.html
About 7 A.M. Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer rode forward to reconnoiter. Near this spot, in the dim light and fog, he saw a mounted officer, Union Colonel Speed Fry of the 4th Kentucky U.S. Volunteers. Both men mistakenly assumed the other …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11R4_turpin-simpson-properties_Nancy-KY.html
These properties make up the site on which the Confederate Army attacked and retreated during the Battle of Mill Springs. These sites are being preserved with the help of a Federal grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund administered by th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11IV_timmys-branch_Nancy-KY.html
Clearly visible in front of you is the roadbed of the original Mill Springs Road. Feel free to walk the old road to the creek, where you can see the original crossing. Near the creek, between the present road and the original road, is one of the f…