Military
Gen. George W. Morgan’s 9000 USA force occupied Cumberland Gap from June 18 to Sept. 17, 1862. Cut off from supplies, Morgan began a 200-mile retreat. From Manchester they moved in two columns, both seeking supplies, through here on to Proctor. The retreat from the Gap to Greenup on the Ohio River was made in 16 days despite harassment by CSA Morgan’s Raiders.
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Booneville, Kentucky · United States
