Battle of Blue Licks

Blue Licks

Today, the Blue Licks battlefield is part of the Kentucky State Parks System. A small museum now occupies the site. A mass grave containing remains of the Kentucky militia and a monument lay on the back side of the ridge occupied by Caldwell at the outset of the battle.

Related Battles

Carlisle, KY | August 19, 1782
Result: British Victory
Estimated Casualties
100
American
83
British
17
Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it. Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it.

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