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Elizabethtown in Hardin County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
 

Elizabethtown Battle

 
 
Elizabethtown Battle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Robert H. Moore, II, August 14, 2009
1. Elizabethtown Battle Marker
Inscription. Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan on his second raid into Kentucky, with 3,900 men, was met by 652 Union troops under Lt. Col. H.S. Smith, Dec. 27, 1862. Object of raid was destruction of L & N R.R. main artery for U.S.A. troop movement south. Morgan surrounded town and placed artillery on the cemetery hill. Elizabethtown garrison was destroyed. Federals surrendered.
 
Erected by Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1116.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1780.
 
Location. 37° 41.333′ N, 85° 51.253′ W. Marker is in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in Hardin County. Marker is on Dixie Highway East (U.S. 31W). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elizabethtown KY 42701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Three Forts (here, next to this marker); Morgan's Second Raid (here, next to this marker); Bond-Washington School / Julius Rosenwald Fund (here, next to this marker); Elizabethtown City Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); The Battle for Elizabethtown (a few steps from this marker);
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Hardin County Confederates (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lincoln-Haycraft Memorial Bridge (about 700 feet away); "Make a Street Fight Out of It" (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elizabethtown.
 
More about this marker. Though this is not one of the approximately 15 markers listed on the "John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail in Kentucky" markers series, it does relate to that series of events.
 
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. To better understand the relationship, study each marker in the order shown.
 
Also see . . .  Trails-R-Us: John Hunt Morgan in Kentucky. (Submitted on December 5, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia.)
 
Elizabethtown Battle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bradley Owen, October 21, 2022
2. Elizabethtown Battle Marker
Marker is located second from the right.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,658 times since then and 11 times this year. Last updated on May 12, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos:   1. submitted on December 5, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia.   2. submitted on October 21, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.

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