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Civil War Actions

On April 19, 1863, US Lt. Col. William Riley ordered to Creelsboro, 5 mi. west, to scout enemy strength. Surprised CSA, took 12 prisoners. On December 31, 1863, USA troops under Lt. Col. A. J. Cropsey arrived at Creelsboro with two gunboats, forty sharpshooters. They came on scouting expedition from Nashville, turned back because of rapidly falling waters.

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Zollicoffer Here - On November 22, 1861, CSA Gen. Felix Zollicoffer reached Jamestown, 4 mi. north, anxious to secure strong defensive position on Cumberland River to protect approaches to SE Ky. His plan to seize 9 ferry-boats along river was defeated. Federal troops under Colonel Thomas Bramlette, Kentucky governor, 1863-1867, had destroyed them earlier in their effort to confine the CSA.