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The entire battlefield is listed in the National Register as the Battle of Munfordville Site. This includes the Green River Bridge designed by Albert Fink and built by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1859, Fort Craig, a union-built star shaped wood and earthen fort, a small cemetery at the northern edge of the battlefield, and other buildings existing at the time.
On September 14, 1862, Edinburgh (Scotland)-born Colonel Smith was ordered to capture a vital bridge during the Battle of Munfordville. After three hours of combat, Confederate losses were 40 dead and 211 wounded. Smith himself was mortally wounded and in great pain until he died several days later.
In 1862, the Civil War Battle of Munfordville took place in the town. ... Munfordville is located in central Hart County at (37.276608, -85.897822), [7] on ...
Battle of Richmond [14] August 29–30, 1862 Richmond, Kentucky: American Civil War Confederate Heartland Offensive (1862) 284 United States of America vs Confederate States of America Battle of Munfordville [15] September 14–17, 1862 Munfordville, Kentucky: American Civil War Confederate Heartland Offensive (1862)
Munfordville: 2: Battle of Munfordville Site: Battle of Munfordville Site: October 15, 1999 : Roughly bounded by Green River, U.S. Route 31W, Rowletts, and the L&N ...
The county is named for Captain Nathaniel G. S. Hart, a Kentucky militia officer in the War of 1812 who was wounded at the Battle of Frenchtown and died in the Massacre of the River Raisin. [4] [5] The Battle of Munfordville, a Confederate victory, was fought in the county in 1862, during the American Civil War.
Munfordville: Largest confederate monument on private land. 30: Hart: Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument in Horse Cave: 1934 Horse Cave: Only monument on the list composed of geodes: 31: Henry: Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence: 1870 Eminence: 32: Jefferson: Adolph Bloedner Monument: 1862 Louisville: Oldest monument in ...
The Battle of Perryville battlefield as depicted in Harper's Weekly, November 1, 1862. By October 7, Polk's forces had fallen back to the town of Perryville. The dry summer of 1862 had left water in short supply, and when the Union troops learned of water in Perryville's Doctor's Creek, they began to move on the Confederate position.