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(Front): Built in 1852, this building was adjacent to location of the Battle of Richmond, Aug. 29-30, 1862, and became field hospital for Gen. Wm. Nelson's 1st and 2nd brigades, USA. Mortality was high, and about forty Union soldiers were buried i…
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THE SANCTUARY BECAME A SURGERY
On the day of the battle, August 30, 1862, the temperature hovered near 100 degrees. As the battle raged, ambulances drawn by sweating horses raced into the churchyard, bringing more and more casualties to Mt. Zio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML12_the-battle-of-richmond_Richmond-KY.html
August 23, 1862BIG HILL Confederate Col. John Scott's cavalry defeats cavalry commanded by Col. Leonidas Metcalfe near the Cox house on Big Hill. The Confederate victory opens the road to Richmond.
August 29, 1862ROGERSVILLE A newly recruited U…
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Mahlon Dickerson Manson (1818-1895)An apothecary turned politician, Mahlon Dickerson Manson served as a captain in the Mexican War. He enlisted as a private when the Civil War began but was soon promoted to colonel. Manson fought at Rich …
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The Confederates wasted little time in exploiting the gap between Manson and Cruft. "The order then reached us to move across to that portion of the field in double-quick," wrote Col. Benjamin J. Hill. The Union artillery opened fire on Hill's adv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML0X_rally-boys-rally-to-the-colors_Richmond-KY.html
After the early morning engagement near Mt. Zion Church both sides regrouped. Manson deployed the Union forces here at Duncannon Road, placing his brigade on the east side of the Old State Road (US 421) and Gen. Cruft's brigade on the west side.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML0V_battle-of-richmond_Richmond-KY.html
(Side 1):Nelson Takes CommandThe day after the battle at Big Hill, August 24, Gen. Horatio Wright, Commander of the Department of the Ohio, ordered Gen. William Nelson not to fight at Richmond unless he was sure of success. "Better fall back to a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML06_battle-of-richmond_Richmond-KY.html
(Side 1):An Inexperienced ArmyGen. Mahlon Manson's brigade had almost no combat experience. The "grizzled veterans" of the brigade were the 18th Kentucky. Detachments of the regiment had fought at the Battle of Cynthiana in July and participated i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTF_daniel-boones-trail_Richmond-KY.html
From North Carolina to Kentucky 1775. Erected by the Kentucky Daughters of the American Revolution 1915. Also near the site of Fort Estill 1779-1782 built by Capt. James Estill
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTE_daniel-boones-trace_Richmond-KY.html
Two miles east is location of the trail blazed in 1775 by Daniel Boone, who was then agent for the Transylvania Co. This famous road was used by thousands of settlers traveling to Kentucky. Boone's Trace entered Ky. at Cumberland Gap, crossed the …