On the night of July 8, 1863, Morgan’s 1st Brigade, commanded by Colonel Basil W. Duke, camped in this area after being ferried across first and riding northward from Morvin’s Landing while skirmishing with the Indiana Legion, whose militiamen retreated toward Corydon at 10 p.m. Citizens had apparently left in great haste, leaving freshly made food behind, which the raiders consumed. Frakes’ Mill stood here then, powered by water diverted from Buck Creek into a race, or small canal. Lopp’s Mill, one of three mills along Buck Creek, was burned when its owner refused Confederate money as payment for flour, but Frakes’ Mill and Squire Boone’s Mill were not burned. Colonel Adam R. Johnson’s 2nd Brigade spent the night about three miles south, then took the lead on the morning of July 9 as the Confederate forces moved toward Corydon, while Union General Edward H. Hobson remained in Kentucky and did not cross the Ohio River until the next morning.