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This chapter (and map) describes the First Battle of Cynthiana, July 17, 1862, during Col. John Hunt Morgan’ s First Kentucky Raid. Lt. Col. John J. Landram commanded the Union troops at Cynthiana. Morgan’s men, with two cannons, surrounded the town. The Rebels waded the South Fork Licking River, then Morgan led a cavalry attack over the nearby covered bridge. Landram’s men retreated to the depot, Rankin House, and courthouse before surrendering. Landram escaped. To interrupt reinforcements, the Rebels burned Keller’s Bridge and other bridges on the Kentucky Central Railroad near Cynthiana and Paris. |
