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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/HM11TP_noble-ellis-sternwheeler-that-saved-an-army_Nancy-KY.html
Night of January 10-20, 1862
Confederate General Zollicoffer's pleas for more men and supplies to meet the strong Union force he expected went mostly unheeded. General Albert Sidney Johnston did, however, send a river steamer, the Noble Ellis, …
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/HM11R1_zollies-den_Nancy-KY.html
"The position ... is a fine basis for operations in front." - Felix K. Zollicoffer
Inset photo on left of Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer
In November 1861 Gen. Felix Zollicoffer sent engineer officers Capt. Thomas Estill and Capt. Victor Von Sheli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11N3_mouldens-hill_Nancy-KY.html
The Battle - Evening January 19, 1862
The Federal forces pursuing the beaten Confederates halted here near a small log school. This school building had been used by the Confederates as a headquarters for their pickets during their occupation of…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11IQ_confederate-field-hospital_Nancy-KY.html
This is the site of the Confederate Hospital used by Confederate surgeons after the Battle of Mill Springs. The site is being preserved with the help of a Federal grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, administered by the National Park S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11BZ_felix-k-zollicoffer-zollie-tree_Nancy-KY.html
Felix K. Zollicoffer: Brig. Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer, CSA, died here, Jan. 19, 1862, in Battle of Logan's Crossroads (Mill Springs). This Tenn. native was veteran of Seminole War, editor of Nashville Banner, and 3-term U.S. congressman. In heavy …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTGC_gen-l-felix-k-zollicoffer_Nancy-KY.html
On this spot fell Gen'l Felix K. Zollicoffer of Tennessee, Jan. 19, 1862. Lieuts. Bailie Peyton Jr., H.M.R. Fogs and more than 150 of their Confederate associates in the Battle of Fishing Creek, here died with Gen'l Zollicoffer for right as they s…