Montgomery
Battle of Mt. Sterling
Mt. Sterling, KY
On March 22, 1863, about 300 Confederate cavalrymen under Colonel R. S. Cluke captured this city, taking 438 prisoners, 222 wagon loads...
Battle--June 8, 1864
Mt. Sterling, KY
Early this day CSA forces under Gen. John H. Morgan on his tragic last raid attacked Union camp here under Capt. Edward Barlow.
Battle--June 9, 1864
Mt. Sterling, KY
CSA took Mt. Sterling on previous day.
Civil War Robbery
Mt. Sterling, KY
In this building is the Farmers Bank vault, which was robbed of $60,000 as "Morgan's Raiders" were on their last raid through Kentucky.
Courthouse Burned
Mt. Sterling, KY
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by...
Little Mountain Indian Mound
Mt. Sterling, KY
On this site stood the massive Little Mountain Indian Mound, from which Mount Sterling derived its name.
Montgomery County, 1797
Mt. Sterling, KY
Named for General Richard Montgomery, Revolutionary War officer.
The Gaitskill Mound
Northern bypass, KY
Indian Mound attributed to Adena people, who inhabited Ohio Valley ca.