Near Mount Vernon in Rockcastle County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Big Hill Skirmish

Photographed by Bruce InCharlotte, July 30, 2023

1. Big Hill Skirmish Marker

Inscription. August 23, 1862, 650 cavalry of Gen. E. Kirby Smith's invading CSA army routed small Federal force under Col. Leonidas Metcalfe here on way to seize Ky., cooperating with CSA army under Gen. Braxton Bragg. Central Ky. captured, but plans to take Cincinnati and Louisville failed. CSA retired from Kentucky after Battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862.

Erected 1968 by Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1124.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is August 23, 1862.

Location. 37° 31.324′ N, 84° 12.097′ W. Marker is near Mount Vernon, Kentucky, in Rockcastle County. It is on Big Hill Road (U.S. 421) west of Big Hill Mountain Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 934 Big Hill Rd, Mount Vernon KY 40456, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s The Knobs.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Confederate Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Merritt Jones / Wayside Tavern / Jones Tavern / CSA Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Civil War Action (approx. 2.1 miles away); Site of Starns' Defeat (approx. 4.1 miles away); Church of Christ, Union

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(approx. 5.9 miles away); The Battle of Richmond Knocked at Berea's Door (approx. 6.1 miles away); Daniel Boone's Trail (approx. 6.1 miles away); Encampment at Bobtown / Engagment at Bobtown / Advance to Kingston (approx. 6.6 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. For Mountain Youth (was approx. 5.9 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on August 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2023, by Bruce InCharlotte of Charlotte, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 749 times since then and 54 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on August 8, 2023, by Bruce InCharlotte of Charlotte, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.