Railroad Wrecked 1862

Historical marker location:

Jordan, Kentucky

( KY 116, 239, Jordan)

Brig. General N. B. Forrest's troops took Union City, Tenn., and moved thru here into Kentucky. They wrecked rails, bridges, trestles north to Moscow, December 24-25, 1862, preventing use of tracks between Columbus, Ky. and Jackson, Tennessee, until after the war. Union army forced to ship supplies by river. Gen. Grant's Vicksburg campaign seriously delayed.

Originally installed in 1964.

Civil War Nathan Bedford Forrest Ulysses S. Grant Railroads