Places of Interest in Bighill, KY

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(Side 1): Nelson Takes Command The day after the battle at Big Hill, August 24, Gen. Horatio Wright, Commander of the...

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THE SANCTUARY BECAME A SURGERY On the day of the battle, August 30, 1862, the temperature hovered near 100 degrees. A...

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The Battle of Richmond began in the early morning hours of August 30, 1862. Near this site Confederate cavalry pushed...

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Berea College, founded 1855 by John G. Fee with the support of Cassius M. Clay in a one-room school built by the comm...

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Side A Shortly after Daniel Boone and his party chopped out a trail to the Kentucky River in 1775, members of the Sta...

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General Thomas Churchill *** Gen. Thomas James Churchill commanded the brigade of Texas dismounted cavalry that deliv...

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(Front): Built in 1852, this building was adjacent to location of the Battle of Richmond, Aug. 29-30, 1862, and becam...

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Aug. 23, 1862. Col. Scott's La. Cavalry, of Gen. Kirby Smith's invading army from Tenn., routed Col. Metcalfe and Uni...

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(Front): A log tavern down this lane was by 1830s an overnight stop on the Old State Road from Cumberland Gap to Lexi...

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Founded 1853 by the Rev. John G. Fee of Bracken County on the invitation of local citizens and Cassius M. Clay, who p...

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Texas remembers the valor and devotion of its soldiers who participated in the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky - August ...

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On August 30, 1862, the end of the Union line was anchored on the small knoll overlooking the wooded ravine on its le...

Battle Of Richmond Visitor Center