Gen. Braxton Bragg
This file appears in: On Confederate Routes
General Braxton Bragg, commander of the Confederate army at the Battle of Perryville, utilized parts of the old Wilderness Road to retreat his force from the state after his defeat. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: On Confederate Routes
On Confederate Routes
Historical Marker #685 in Crab Orchard remembers the various Confederate forces that used a section of the old Wilderness Road while operating in Kentucky during the Civil War.
The most famous road in early Kentucky was what became known as the…