A Civil War Defense Line

Historical marker location:

Bowling Green, Kentucky

( Roland Bland Park, Bowling Green)

Troops under Generals S. B. Buckner and A. S. Johnston, CSA, took up this key position in the Southern defense line on September 18, 1861. After Fort Henry fell and Fort Donelson was threatened, they evacuated Feb. 11-13, 1862. Gen. O. M. Mitchell and Federal troops entered Feb. 14, 1862, occupying the evacuated fort and securing the defense line for the North.

Erected in 1962.

Simon Bolivar Buckner Civil War Forts and Stations Albert Sidney Johnston