Two Successful Raids. CSA General Nathan B. Forrest with main body of cavalry passed thru Mayfield to and from destructive raid on Paducah, March 25, 1864. Gen. Abraham Buford's division camped here. Kentucky regiments given leave to visit homes, enlist recruits. All returned. News item led Forrest to send Buford from Tenn. thru here again, April 14, to capture horses missed before. Originally installed in 1964.
by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Highways Department #0654 of the Kentucky Historical Marker series
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