On July 26, 1863, Gen. John H. Morgan, commanding Confederate troops, passed through Nebo Hamlet at this location and proceeded northward by way of Yellow Creek and the Nebo-Lisbon roads to Monroeville while being pursued by Gen. James M. Shackleford and forces including the 14th Ill. Cav., First Ky. Cav., 9th Mich. Cav., 11th Mich. Bat'y, 86th Ohio Mounted Inf., 2d Tenn. Mounted Inf., and Steubenville Militia.