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Bragg Invades Kentucky

Main St., Carthage, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 15' 4.5", -85° 57' 7.979976"
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Moving northwest from Sparta, Bragg, with Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk's Right Wing, Army of Mississippi, composed of the divisions of Cheatham and withers, passed through here. Forrest's Cavalry Brigade, covering the left flank of the advance, operated west of Murfreesboro and Lebanon and as far north as Munford, KY., which surrendered to Bragg on Sept. 14.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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