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Baker Hill was one of nine hills fortified by the Confederates in 1861, helping make Bowling Green a strong Confederate defense center. On February 14, 1862, the day after Confederate forces left the area, United States forces under Gen. Ormsby Mitchell bombarded the town from here until a civilian bearing a flag of truce informed the Federals that the Confederates had gone. A residence on the hilltop was then used as a United States hospital until the end of the war.
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Bowling Green, Kentucky · United States
