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The battle ultimately resulted in a victory by Union forces over the raiders and ended Morgan's Last Kentucky Raid in defeat. Morgan's command had previously captured the town in the First Battle of Cynthiana, July 17, 1862. At dawn on June 11, 1864, Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan approached Cynthiana with 1,200 cavalrymen.
The Confederate Monument in Cynthiana is located on the outer edge of Cynthiana, Kentucky in Battle Grove Cemetery. It was the first monument to the Confederate States of America dedicated in the State of Kentucky , and long believed to be the first Confederate memorial anywhere. [ 2 ]
Location of Harrison County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Kentucky.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States.
Battle of Mt. Sterling: June 8–9, 1864 Mt. Sterling, Kentucky: American Civil War Morgan's Raid into Kentucky: 87 [disputed] [18] United States of America vs Confederate States of America Battle of Cynthiana [19] June 11–12, 1864 Cynthiana, Kentucky: American Civil War Morgan's Raid into Kentucky United States of America vs Confederate ...
Map of Morgan's route. Small groups of Morgan's scouts and raiding parties rode through some southern Indiana counties. The main body of Morgan's force followed a route through eight counties, passing through such towns as Corydon, Salem, Lexington, Vernon (rather than North Vernon), and Versailles on the way to Harrison, Ohio.
Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,692. [1] Its county seat is Cynthiana. [2] The county was founded in 1793 and named for Colonel Benjamin Harrison, an advocate for Kentucky statehood, framer of the Kentucky Constitution, and Kentucky legislator.
After winning a minor victory on June 11 against an inferior infantry unit in the engagement known as the Battle of Keller's Bridge on the Licking River, near Cynthiana, Kentucky, Morgan chanced another engagement the following day against superior U.S. Army mounted forces that were known to be approaching. The result was a disaster for the ...
Civil War battle map of Kentucky, published in Harper's Weekly October 19, 1861. On April 15, 1861, President Lincoln sent a telegram to Kentucky governor Beriah Magoffin requesting that the Commonwealth supply part of the initial 75,000 troops to put down the rebellion. [15] Magoffin, a Southern sympathizer, replied "President Lincoln ...