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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NDG_struggle-for-the-big-sandy-valley_Ivel-KY.html
While the debate over Kentucky's neutrality raged in Frankfort, men of the Big Sandy Region were taking action. For Jack May, Hiram Hawkins, John S. Williams, and others, the choice had already been made. President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunt…
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The Battle of Ivy Mountain
November 8, 1861
In the Fall of 1861, General William "Bull" Nelson, Union commander in Northeastern Kentucky, was ordered to break up a large Confederate recruiting camp at Prestonsburg. The camp was locat…
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(Front Side)
Here, on Nov. 8, 1861, 300 men from Companies A & C, 5th Kentucky Infantry, C.S.A. and Companies B, C, & D, 1st Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles, C.S.A., commanded by Captain Andrew J. May, fought a delaying action against four Fede…