On Confederate Routes. CSA Gen. J. H. Morgan's cavalry on first Kentucky raid, returning from Cynthiana, burned Dix River bridge above here and camped on July 20, 1862. Burned 120 USA wagons here and at Somerset. (See map on other side.) After battle of Perryville Oct. 8, 1862, CSA retired to Bryantsville. Then retreated in two columns to Tenn. One of them moved thru here. Dedicated October 4, 1964.
by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Highways Department #0685 of the Kentucky Historical Marker series
Colour: black
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