The Battle of Cynthiana, or more specifically the Second Battle of Cynthiana or the Battle of Kellar's Bridge, included three separate engagements during the American Civil War that were fought on Jun
Interpretive panel in Cynthiana
Brigadier General John H. Morgan
John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. In April 1862, he raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, fought at Shiloh, and then launched a costly raid in Kentucky, which e
Battle of Cynthiana
…were fought on June 11 and 12, 1864, in Harrison County, Kentucky, in and near the town of Cynthiana. This was part of Confederate Brigadier General John H. Morgan's 1864 Raid into Kentucky. The battle ultimately resulted in a victory by Union forces over the raiders and ended Morgan's Last Kentucky Raid in defeat…
Library Company of Philadelphia P.9100.12f John Hunt Morgan
According to Parson Brownlow in 1864, Morgan had had three wives: a sister of Col. Bruce, a "negro wench", and a daughter of Chas. Ready ("Was Morgan a Gentleman?" Chicago Tribune, September 15, 1864)
Confederate propaganda broadside published by John H. Morgan, July 15, 1862 (Duke University Libraries)
Group of "Morgan's Men" while prisoners of war in Western Penitentiary, Pennsylvania: (l to r) Captain William E. Curry, 8th Kentucky Cavalry; Lieutenant Andrew J. Church, 8th Kentucky Cavalry; Lieutenant Leeland Hathaway, 14th Kentucky Cavalry; Lieutenant Henry D. Brown, 10th Kentucky Cavalry; Lieutenant William Hays, 20th Kentucky Cavalry. All were captured with John Hunt Morgan in Ohio. 1863