CSA at Falmouth. During Confederate invasion into Kentucky, CSA troops in area on threat to North. Sept. 18, 1862, 11 home guards met 28 CSA here. CSA casualties 6, home guard one. Col. Basil Duke's CSA cavalry camped here and on Sept. 27, 1862, attacked Augusta. CSA losses there forced return to Falmouth. Plan abandoned to cross Ohio River and threaten Cincinnati. See map. Erected in 1964.
by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Highways Department #0686 of the Kentucky Historical Marker series
Colour: black
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