Historical Marker

Civil War Action

Oct. 1861, Col. J. H. McHenry, Jr., USA, at Hartford warned of threat of CSA attack. Col. S. G. Burbridge brought USA force from Owensboro and joined in move to Morgantown. Advance cavalry routed CSA scouts here. Burbridge then moved on to attack and destroy Confederate camp at Woodbury. Report of CSA re-enforcement caused Union Army to withdraw to Cromwell's Ferry.

Marker cast in 1962.