Morgan's First Raid

Historical marker location:

Versailles, Kentucky

( US 60, 62, Versailles)

On first Kentucky raid CSA Gen. John H. Morgan with 900 cavalry in Lawrenceburg July 14, 1862; came here that night. Sent out scouts in all directions and took 300 USA horses and mules. Next day moved to Georgetown, then to Cynthiana, after which returned to Tennessee. on other side. On raid Morgan covered 1,000 miles in 24 days, raiding 17 towns.

Civil War John Hunt Morgan

The largest non-nuclear explosion in US history occurred in 1958 in Fleming County, Kentucky, when a natural gas storage cavern exploded, killing several people and destroying nearby homes.