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Old Bridge over Licking River, Cynthiana, Kentucky.

Civil War | Article

The Last Kentucky Raid

Thunderbolt, horse thief, raider – depending on which side of the Mason-Dixon Line one resides might determine which epithet one would use to describe...

Civil War | Article

Wilson-Kautz Raid

A. Wilson Greene The Oak Grove Methodist Church, first known as Hubbard's Meeting House, was built here in 1820. The present structure, on the site of...

Civil War | Historic Site

Morgan's Raids at Cynthiana

Cynthiana, Kentucky | Rebel raider Captain John Hunt Morgan's two famous Kentucky raids in 1862 and 1864 included significant engagements at historic...

Civil War | Historical Map

Sheridan’s Last Raid

HISTORICAL MAP | Philip Sheridan’s march from Newcastle to Gordonsville in 1864

Photo of a historical plaque honoring Fleetwood Hill— the apex of the Battle of Brandy Station

Civil War | Article

Mosby Raids Culpeper

Civil War historian Bud Hall discusses Confederate partisan John S. Mosby's November 1863 raid on a Union supply depot near Brandy Station.

Civil War | Historic Site

Dahlgren's Cavalry Raid

In February 1864 a young Union officer, Col. Ulric Dahlgren, joined with Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick to raid Richmond and free Federal prisoners...

Civil War | Article

The First Kentucky Raid

After the early Federal successes at Mill Springs, Middle Creek, Forts Henry and Donelson, and turning back the Confederates at Shiloh, by the summer...

Civil War | Article

Morgan's Great Raid of 1863

In the summer of 1863, things were looking very bleak for the Confederate armies in the field with battles and campaigns like Gettysburg, Vicksburg...

Civil War | Article

John H. Morgan’s Christmas Raid

During the winter of 1862-1863, Confederate General Braxton Bragg, defending Middle Tennessee, faced the larger Federal Army of the Cumberland under...

Civil War | Area of Interest

John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid

On the evening of October 16, 1859 John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers...