Prestonsburg

ID: 2204
This file appears in: Battle of Ivy Mountain

This photograph shows Prestonsburg in Floyd County. Prestonsburg changed hands a number of times between Confederate and Union forces during the Civil War. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Battle of Ivy Mountain

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #164 near Prestonsburg commemorates the Battle of Ivy Mountain, an early Union victory in the Civil War. The first year of the conflict brought several reverses to Union forces. …