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By Lee Hattabaugh, May 6, 2010 | |
| | | 1. The Battle Begins Marker | | |
Inscription. The Battle of Richmond began in the early morning hours of August 30, 1862. Near this site Confederate cavalry pushed Union pickets north - toward the main Union line. Confederate Gen. Patrick Cleburne placed his artillery to the southeast, on a rise just north of CR 499, the Old Irvine-Lancaster Road. His target was Union Gen. Mahlon Manson's infantry, positioned near Mt. Zion Church.
The roar of Union and Confederate artillery sounded as both sides extended their lines of infantry in anticipation of an epic struggle. Gen. Manson extended his line eastward to block a Confederate attack from that direction. The Confederates sent skirmishers north, testing the Union line. Smoke drifted in the hot, humid morning air. The concussion of artillery shot and shell shook the ground as soldiers on both sides readied themselves for battle.
"The brigade was marched in column along the road a half mile beyond...[Kingston] and formed into line of battle on the right of the pike at 7 o'clock. The enemy then commenced a heavy artillery fire upon our line and also the village." Col. Benjamin J. Hill
"As we stood here under the trees I could notice a stillness, an unwonted stillness, among such numbers of men only broken by the thunders of Lieutenant Landrum's guns, or as the rebel shells with fiend-like scream came crashing | | | | 
By Lee Hattabaugh, May 6, 2010 | |
| | | 2. The Battle Begins Marker | | |
through the trees." Lt. Col. James R. S. cox, 16th Indiana
Erected by Civil War Discovery Trail.
Location. 37° 39.372′ N, 84° 14.809′ W. Marker is near Richmond, Kentucky, in Madison County. Marker is at the intersection of Battlefield Memorial Highway (U.S. 421) and State Highway 499, on the left when traveling south on Battlefield Memorial Highway. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Richmond KY 40475, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Battle of Richmond (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named The Battle of Richmond (approx. 0.6 miles away); Slavery at Pleasant View Farm (approx. 0.6 miles away); Texas Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); General Thomas Churchill (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mt. Zion Church - Field Hospital (approx. 1.3 miles away); Civil War Field Hospital (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Confederates Crush The Union Left (approx. 1.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Richmond.
Credits. This page originally submitted on June 7, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 472 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 7, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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