We visited the Mill Stream Civil War Battlefield this morning. It is the NPS # 312 and the last one we needed to complete Kentucky. It was a windy, overcast, and off & on rainy morning. The tour is a very old one laid out well before the NPS took over the park. Still we managed to follow the battle for about 10 miles from its start to the Cumberland River where the Confederates escaped overnight by way of the Ellis steamship that made trip after trip across the river under fire from the Union forces. On the last trip at daylight the ship was disabled. It was then burned by the Confederates.
We also enjoyed a fine cider donut at the Haney’s Appledale Farm and an excellent cup of coffee from the Battlefield Coffee. Neither had WiFi. We then did a bit of housekeeping at the trailer during a brief rain and then drove to Cumberland Falls a very impressive waterfall in the Cumberland Plateau.
Once again photos may be late for the same excuse as yesterday. The Moose stole the WiFi code.
This was Last Stand Hill. The graves are not individual as they appear, the stones were added later but it is on the site of a mass Confederate grave. The road in the background was a dirt road in 1862 but it is in the same location.