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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A8O_burnside_Burnside-KY.html
First named Point Isabel. Settled about 1800 by pioneers from the Carolinas and Virginia. During the Civil War the Union army, in 1863, set up a troop rendezvous and supply base here as a prelude to East Tennessee campaign of Gen. Ambrose E. Burns…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A8M_duttons-hill-battle_Somerset-KY.html
March 30, 1863, USA force of 1,250 under General Q. A. Gillmore overtook 1,550 Confederate cavalry under Gen. John Pegram, here. Five hour battle resulted. CSA driven from one position to another, withdrew during night across Cumberland. Killed, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A8L_home-of-governor-morrow_Somerset-KY.html
Edwin P. Morrow (1877-1935), a native of Somerset, built this house soon after marrying in 1903; he began his Somerset law practice same year. Morrow served in Spanish-American War; appointed U.S. District Attorney for eastern Kentucky by Pres. Ta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A8K_morgans-first-raid_Somerset-KY.html
CSA General John H. Morgan's first Kentucky raid covered 1000 miles, July 4 to July 28, 1862—24 days. Left Tenn. with 900 men, returned with 1200, captured 17 towns, 300 horses, destroyed Union supplies. Here, July 21, Morgan took over teleg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A89_town-spring_Somerset-KY.html
Near the site of this spring Somerset was established as the county seat in 1801 on forty acres given by William Dodson. The path to it became the town's most traveled street in order to drink from the Old Town Spring. Thus a saying became popular…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A86_pulaski-county-1799_Somerset-KY.html
Kentucky's 27th formed, its territory taken from Lincoln and Green Counties, was named for Count Casimir Pulaski, Polish patriot and soldier of liberty. He came to US when he learned of the Colonies' fight for freedom. A brigadier general in Revol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XM_the-union-advance_Nancy-KY.html
The commander of the 10th Indiana Volunteer Infantry wrote, "The way by which the enemy had retreated gave evidence that they had been in haste to reach their den. Wagons, cannon, muskets, swords, blankets, etc. were strewn all along the road ..."…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16VZ_confederate-artillery_Nancy-KY.html
Captain Arthur M. Rutledge's Tennessee Light Artillery Battery was organized in Davidson County, Tennessee. Rutledge was a West Point graduate who went on to become the Chief of Ordnance in Polk's Army of Mississippi. Rutledge's Tennessee Light Ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16VC_confederate-retreat_Nancy-KY.html
"Every one for himself was the motto."
Much of the Confederate Army retreated through this area. They headed south along the Mill Springs Road toward their camps and fortifications just this side of the Cumberland River.
Mississippi and Tenn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16VB_the-blacksmith-shop_Nancy-KY.html
A small building that housed a blacksmith shop stood in this area at the time of the Battle of Mill Springs. According to local tradition, the blacksmith who worked there mined shale, low grade coal, from the ground near his shop. There are severa…