Army of Six

Historical marker location:

Madisonville, Kentucky

( Arch & Spring Sts., Madisonville)

Union troops, 300, ordered to burn the CSA Madisonville sympathizers' homes, 1862; withdrew, bluffed by CSA Gen. Adam Johnson and six men. CSA went on to Henderson, crossed river to Newburg, taking medical supplies, arms and rations for the Confederates. Johnson and his Breckinridge Guards became famous for daring raids until he was blinded in battle, 1864.

John Cabell Breckinridge Civil War Adam R. Johnson