On July 26, 1863, Confederate troops under Gen. John H. Morgan passed here, burned a county bridge, and proceeded northward by way of Nebo, now Bergholz, while being pursued by Gen. James M. Shackleford commanding the 14th Illinois Cavalry, First Kentucky Cavalry, 9th Michigan Cavalry, 11th Michigan Battery, 86th Ohio Mounted Infantry, 2d Tennessee Mounted Infantry, and Steubenville Militia.
