Henry Rifle, used by a Cynthiana home guardsman

ID: 112
This file appears in: The Battles of Cynthiana
Henry Rifle, used by a Cynthiana home guardsman

This Henry repeating rifle was owned by Henry Harrison Harding (1831-1915), who was a member of the Cynthiana home guard. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: The Battles of Cynthiana

By Talbott
Historical Marker #2312 commemorates two battles that John Hunt Morgan fought in Cynthiana during the Civil War. In the summer of 1862, Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan launched his first major raid into Kentucky. The famed "Thunderbolt…