Cumberland Gap

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This file appears in: A Masterful Retreat

This period lithograph depicts Cumberland Gap at the time it was occupied by Gen. George W. Morgan’s forces. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: A Masterful Retreat

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #637 in Carter County notes the route of retreat north from Cumberland Gap made by Union General George W. Morgan's Union force during the fall of 1862. That September,…