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Columbus-Belmont State Park, on the shores of the Mississippi River in Hickman County, near Columbus, Kentucky, is the site of a Confederate fortification built during the American Civil War. The site was considered by both North and South to be strategically significant in gaining and keeping control of the Mississippi River.
The Civil War in Kentucky (University Press of Kentucky, 2010), recent overview online; Harrison, Lowell H. "The Civil War in Kentucky: Some Persistent Questions." The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society (1978): 1–21. in JSTOR; Howard, Victor B. "The Civil War in Kentucky: The Slave Claims His Freedom." Journal of Negro History (1982 ...
1864 map showing the eleven forts and other defenses. Viewed from the north; Kentucky is above the river, Indiana below. Louisville's fortifications for the American Civil War were designed to protect Louisville, Kentucky, as it was an important supply station for the Union's fight in the western theater of the war.
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This is a list of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky — Union, Confederate or both. The earliest Confederate memorials were, in general, simple memorials. The earliest such monument was the Confederate Monument in Cynthiana erected in 1869. Later monuments were more elaborate.
The Weston Bluff Skirmish Site, on a bluff over the Ohio River just north of Weston, Kentucky, was site of an American Civil War skirmish on June 21, 1864. A 10 acres (4.0 ha) area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1] Confederate soldiers shot at boats at Weston; Union soldiers shot back.
The monument was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, one of sixty-one different Civil War-related sites in Kentucky so honored on the same day. Four other monuments are in Louisville/Jefferson County.
The episode will focus on the events of Jan. 25, 1865, when 22 Civil War soldiers were ambushed by outlaws and killed, while 20 more were injured, during a cattle drive to Louisville.