General Ormsby Mitchel
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General Mitchel secured the Union defense line in Bowling Green after Confederates evacuated in February 1862. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: A Civil War Defense Line
A Civil War Defense Line
Historical Marker #538 in Warren County commemorates the Union capture of Bowling Green on February 14, 1862.
On September 18, 1861, Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner and nearly five thousand troops marched on Bowling Green. Capturing…