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On July 25, 1863, Gen. John H. Morgan, in command of Confederate troops, passed here at Two Ridges Church and proceeded northward via Richmond, pursued by Gen. James M. Shackelford, 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. In an engagement here, James N. Carney, a Federal soldier, and W.G. Page, a Confederate soldier, were wounded; Martin Kean of the 9th Michigan Cavalry was wounded and died August 27, 1863.
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