Morgan burns the Muldraugh Hill trestles on the L&N
December 1862, Muldraugh Hill, Kentucky.
- Date
- December 1862
- Where
- Muldraugh Hill, Kentucky
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 52 of 174
On his Christmas Raid against the supply line of the Army of the Cumberland, Morgan overran the stockades at Muldraugh's Hill, took 700 prisoners and burned the two trestles, each about 90 feet high and 500 feet long. The raid tore up 35 miles of track and destroyed bridges, depots, water stations and storehouses worth several million dollars.
The line
Nearby
- 26 miLouisvilleUnion · Depot, Louisville, Kentucky
- 28 miJeffersonville Quartermaster DepotUnion · Depot, Jeffersonville, Indiana
- 47 miMorgan's raiders burn the depot and bridges at Salem, IndianaJuly 10, 1863, Salem, Indiana
- 47 miBragg captures the Green River bridge garrison at MunfordvilleSeptember 17, 1862, Munfordville, Kentucky
- 71 miBowling Green depotConfederate · Depot, Bowling Green, Kentucky
- 77 miCamp NelsonUnion · Depot, Jessamine County (near Nicholasville), Kentucky