Gen. Braxton Bragg

ID: 3301
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Braxton Bragg’s Confederate army took as much supplies as they could carry from their supply depot on their retreat from Kentucky. In order to prevent the Union army from salvaging anything, the Confederates set the depot on fire, covering the area in thick plumes of smoke.
Courtesy of Kentucky Historical Society

This file appears in: CSA Starts Retreat

By Ashlee Chilton
Historical Marker #704 is installed on US 27 at Bryantsville. The plaque both marks the location of a Confederate supply depot that was moved from Lexington in September 1862 and to note the retreat…