Prestonsburg

ID: 2218
This file appears in: Garfield Place
Prestonsburg

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: Garfield Place

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #172 in Prestonsburg notes the location of the house built in 1857 by John M. Burns, which was used as a temporary headquarters for Colonel James Garfield after the Battle of Middle Creek. James Garfield was born into a modest…