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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGZA_lucius-quinctius-cincinnatus_Newport-KY.html
The legendary Roman is seen here after he had defeated the Aequians and rescued the trapped Roman army. With one hand he returns the fasces, symbol of power as appointed dictator of Rome. His other hand holds the plow, as he resumes the life of a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGPF_the-cannonball_Elizabethtown-KY.html
Gen. John Hunt Morgan's Raiders arrived in Elizabethtown on December 27, 1862, appearing on the brow of the hill that is now the City Cemetery. The main objective of the Christmas Raid was to burn two huge Louisville and Nashville Railroad trestle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGPC_make-a-street-fight-out-of-it_Elizabethtown-KY.html
In December 1862, Gen. John Hunt Morgan was sent by the Confederate command to shut down the L&N Railroad, thereby cutting off one of the Union's major supply lines. Morgan's target was one of the railroad's most vulnerable points, the trestles at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGP8_skirmish-at-rolling-fork_Bardstown-KY.html
(Side One): Advancing Federals fired on Confederate troops led by Gen. John Hunt Morgan on Dec. 29, 1862, during a rear-guard action. Acquaintances Col. John Harlan and Col. Basil Duke fought on opposing sides. Wounded during the clash, Duke recup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGP2_camp-charity_Bardstown-KY.html
Named by Lexington Rifles, under John Hunt Morgan, who camped here, Sept. 1861. Friendly people took no pay for food. With additional recruits, horses and supplies they joined Confederates at Green River Sept. 30. The Rifles were mustered in as Se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOY_general-custer-here_Elizabethtown-KY.html
Cavalry and infantry battalions under Gen. George Custer, assigned here, 1871-1873, to suppress Ku Klux Klan and carpetbaggers, to break up illicit distilleries. Those gangs becoming inactive, he was sent to Chicago to maintain order after big fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOX_lincoln-haycraft-memorial-bridge_Elizabethtown-KY.html
Here along Severn's Valley Creek, Samuel Haycraft, Sr. built mill, raceway in 1796. Thomas Lincoln, father of Pres. Lincoln, employed in building it, received his first monetary wages when about 21 years of age. Abraham Lincoln, age 7, with his fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOW_elizabethtown-battle_Elizabethtown-KY.html
Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan on his second raid into Kentucky, with 3,900 men, was met by 652 Union troops under Lt. Col. H.S. Smith, Dec. 27, 1862. Object of raid was destruction of L & N R.R. main artery for U.S.A. troop movement south. Mor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOV_three-forts_Elizabethtown-KY.html
Elizabethtown began in 1780, when three forts were built by Samuel Haycraft, Sr., Col. Andrew Hynes and Capt. Thomas Helm for common defense against Indians. The forts were one mile apart, the only settlements between falls of Ohio and Green River…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOS_morgans-second-raid_Elizabethtown-KY.html
North of here, Morgan's Raiders destroyed two of the most important L & N R.R. trestles Dec. 28, 1862, rendering line impassable for two months. Circling this area, they returned to Tenn. on Jan, 2, 1863. In eleven days they destroyed $2,000,000 i…