Railroad Wrecked 1862. Brig. General N. B. Forrest's troops took Union City, Tenn., and moved thru here into Kentucky. They wrecked rails, bridges, trestles north to Moscow, December 24-25, 1862, preventing use of tracks between Columbus, Ky. and Jackson, Tennessee, until after the war. Union army forced to ship supplies by river. Gen. Grant's Vicksburg campaign seriously delayed. Originally installed in 1964.
by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Highways Department #0652 of the Kentucky Historical Marker series
Colour: black
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