Fort Hill

ID: 2278
This file appears in: 1864 Attack on Frankfort

Fort Boone, located on Fort Hill overlooking the city of Frankfort and the Kentucky River, was one of the attempted targets of the 1864 Confederate raid on the capital city. Fort Hill is shown in this 1920s photograph. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: 1864 Attack on Frankfort

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2416 in Frankfort commemorates the June 1864 Confederate attacks on Frankfort by elements of John Hunt Morgan's cavalry. In the fall of 1862, Frankfort had been captured by the…