The Licking River at Cynthiana

ID: 114
This file appears in: The Battles of Cynthiana

John Hunt Morgan's Confederate cavalry crossed the Licking River to attack Unionist 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…