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By Lee Hattabaugh, January 25, 2011
The Raider Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Charlie Downing Road north of Bragg Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The arrival of Federal troops into Lexington, Kentucky in fall 1861 prompted Lexington native John Hunt Morgan to assemble a band of 17 armed men on horseback to support the Southern cause. The "Lexington Rifle" then rode into south central Kentucky . . . — — Map (db m40038) HM |
| On Dixie Highway (U.S. 31W) at Woodsonville Road/Hardyville Road (State Highway 88), on the right when traveling south on Dixie Highway. |
| | On site, 1200 feet west, stood the church, his headquarters, where Gen. John Hunt Morgan and 84 of his men were formally sworn in, October 27, 1861, as the second Cavalry Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers, CSA. Formerly part of the Lexington Rifles, . . . — — Map (db m40030) HM |
| On North Dixie Highway (U.S. 31W) at Morgan's Raiders Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Dixie Highway. |
| | The unlucky L&N Railroad trestle over Bacon Creek received harsh treatment at the hands of Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan not once, but twice during the Civil War. The first destruction, in August 1861, was the first of many attacks Morgan . . . — — Map (db m39938) HM |
| On North Dixie Highway (U.S. 31W), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The L & N R.R. bridge near here, a main USA supply line between Louisville and Bowling Green, was destroyed by Confederate troops in late 1861. Before repairs were complete, Morgan's Raiders burned it Dec. 5, 1861. This act brought Morgan's daring . . . — — Map (db m38507) HM |
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