The Licking River at Cynthiana
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
The Battles of Cynthiana
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…