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During Morgan's second raid, CSA Gen. John H. Morgan ordered Col. D.W. Chenault's regiment to burn the railroad trestle here on Dec. 29, 1862. This action, together with the destruction of two trestles at Muldraugh's Hill the previous day, put the L&N railroad, the main USA supply line, out of use for a critical period. On the 14 day Kentucky raid, Morgan destroyed $2,000,000 in U.S. property and captured 1877 USA troops.
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