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Forced back from the hills above Doctor's Creek, the Union soldiers retreated to this position. Their lines were in chaos - regiments intermingled, the wounded were left behind and some panicked troops raced for the rear. Most soldiers, however, c…
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The 500 soldiers of the 42nd Indiana were suffering from an intense thirst. Their canteens dry from a recent drought, the commanders allowed these troops to find pools of water in Doctor's Creek, located just in front of you. The men stacked th…
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During the battle, more than 7,500 soldiers were killed or wounded. The town's 300 inhabitants were left to bury the dead, care for the injured, and repair their homes after months of post-battle occupation. Perhaps no civilian suffered more th…
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In grateful appreciation to Squire Henry P. Bottom who buried these Confederate Dead Dedicated by The Kentucky Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Military Order of the Stars and Bars 1985
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CPX_john-gill-weisiger-memorial-park_Danville-KY.html
ObverseJohn Gill Weisiger Memorial Park The land embraced within this park, bounded by Main Street, First Street, Walnut Street and alleyway, was conveyed to the commonwealth of Kentucky as a gift by Miss Emma Weisiger, and accepted by the Gove…
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Obverse Home of Ephraim McDowell, the "father of modern surgery." Here on December 25, 1809, McDowell performed the first successful abdominal operation when he took a 22-pound ovarian cyst from Jane Todd Crawford of Green Co. With no anesthesi…
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McDowell House And Apothecary Shop The pioneering spirit of Dr. Ephraim McDowell-father of abdominal surgery and most prominent surgeon west of the Alleghenies in the early 19th century-is celebrated today at McDowell House. On Christmas Day…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CH6_first-usct-recruits-at-camp-nelson_Danville-KY.html
Obverse May 23, 1864, nearly 250 black men, most of them slaves, left Boyle Co. to march to Camp Nelson in Jessamine Co. to enlist in the Union army. On the way, some Danville citizens threw stones and shot pistols at the recruits. When they r…
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Stephen Albert Fisher, Rev. War soldier from Va., assigned in 1775 to active duty and wounded while serving with Colonel John Bowman's militia. Returned to Ky. in 1779 with wife Mary Magdalene Garr. He established garrison of military significance…
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(front, south)Confederate MemorialNor braver bled for a brighter land, no brighter land had a cause so grand. (side, east)On flames eternal camping ground their tents are spread. And glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead. Ca…
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