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(First Panel):Camp Andy JohnsonEstablished August 1861Camp Andy Johnson was named for Senator Andrew Johnson of Greenville, Tennessee, the only senator from a seceding state who remained loyal. The camp was a refuge for the loyal men of East Tenne…
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On September 19, 1861, near the spot where you now stand, a small contingent of Knox County Home Guard faced 800 Confederates at the bridge spanning Town Spring Branch. In 1992 the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission named the Battle of Barbourvil…
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Within a short distance of what is now Barbourville, an expedition under the leadership of Dr. Thomas Walker established a base for operations while exploring the eastern mountain range of Kentucky.
A replica of Dr. Walker's log cabin, 8 by 12 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNWW_first-cabin-in-kentucky_Barbourville-KY.html
Near here is site of first structure built April 1750 by a white man in Kentucky. Erected by Dr. Thomas Walker's party while exploring in the interest of the Loyal Land Company.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNWV_county-named-1779_Barbourville-KY.html
For Henry Knox, U.S. Sec. of War, 1785-96. Born Boston, 1750. Joined Continental Army, 1775. Battles of Bunker Hill, Brandywine, Yorktown, and others. Command of artillery, 1775. Commissioned Major-General, 1781. Proposed a military academy in 177…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNWS_civil-war-actions_Barbourville-KY.html
First skirmish in eastern Ky. On Sept. 19, 1861, Zollicoffer's CSA troops approached Barbourville. Home guard obstructed bridge, CSA took another route, were repulsed twice before guards retreated. Considerable property destroyed in town.
CSA G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNWR_this-american-gibraltar_Middlesboro-KY.html
"Cumberland Gap is the strongest position I have ever seen except Gibraltar." These were Union General George W. Morgan's words after viewing the fortification around the Gap.
On June 19, 1862, he wrote to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, "Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNW6_waiting-for-the-battle-that-never-came_Middlesboro-KY.html
A natural thoroughfare through the Appalachian Mountain barrier, Cumberland Gap assumed great strategic importance in the Civil War. Both sides sought to control the Gap. It changed hands three times, but no battles were fought. Troops garrisoned …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNVV_defense-of-the-gap_Middlesboro-KY.html
During the Civil War this earthwork - called Fort Rains by the Confederates and Fort McCook by the Federals - was one of many fortifications ringing Cumberland Gap.
These defenses were considered too formidable to be taken by direct assault, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNV3_invasion-through-the-gap_Middlesboro-KY.html
For the North, Cumberland Gap was a natural invasion route into the South - providing access to vulnerable railroads and valuable minerals and salt works in East Tennessee and southwest Virginia.
For the South, the Gap was a gateway for an inv…