July 18, 1862: Battle of Cynthiana - Gen. Boyle, in command of U.S. troops at Louisville, has been calling upon the governors of Ohio and Indiana to send him more troops, in the panic over the raid of John Hunt Morgan’s Rebel riders up through the center of the state of Kentucky. At the town of Cynthiana in northern Kentucky, Lt. Col. John Landram defends with one brass gun and 340 Yankee troops. Morgan attacks by dividing his force and riding them across the Licking River on three separate fords. Fighting in the streets of the town see-saws for a while, and then Landram orders his shrinking force to retreat. The Rebels scoop up a large number of prisoners. The Rebels have lost about 40 men killed and wounded, while the Yankees have lost over 70 shot, in addition to the prisoners.
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