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Gen. George W. Morgan's 9,000 USA force occupied Cumberland Gap June 18 to Sept. 17, 1862. Cut off from supplies, Morgan began a 200-mile retreat. Searching for supplies, the command came this way. CSA had burned a flour mill the night before. 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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