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On Main Street (Ohio Route 124) at High Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Henry Duc
Founder of Wilkesville
June 10, 1810
Born in France
Departed his life June 21, 1827
Age 64
Came to America an officer
in the French Fleet
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To the Memory
of
Henry Duc
Who . . . — — Map (db m80626) HM
On Main Street (Ohio Route 124), on the left when traveling east.
During the summer of 1863, General John Hunt Morgan, a Confederate cavalry leader from Kentucky, invaded southern Ohio with 2,460 mounted men. Throughout the campaign Morgan's men plundered and looted before being captured by Union forces. On . . . — — Map (db m52873) HM
On South Mill Street (Ohio Route 160) south of Main Street (Ohio Route 124), on the left when traveling south.
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his men
arrived in Wilkesville just before dark on July 17, 1863. The local
home guard offered very little resistance to the invaders. The raiders
plundered the village office and local stores. . . . — — Map (db m108275) HM
