Bowling Green, Kentucky, is torched...
Item # 681647
June 11, 1864
NEW YORK HERALD, June 11, 1864
* Bowling Green Kentucky burned ?
* General David Hunter's raid ?
Among the front page one column Civil War heads are: "GRANT ! " "Continued Skirmishing Along the Union Lines" "Appearance of Guerrillas Near White House" "The Town of Bowling Green Burned" "HUNTER "The Victory on Sunday Last" "Our Troops in Pursuit of the Enemy" "Reported Occupation of Lexington by Our Troops" "Success of Crook & Averill's Commands" "The Rebels Cross the Atchafalaya & Are Repulsed" "The Mississippi Blockaded at Greenville" "Skirmish at Morganzia" and more.
Additional war reporting inside, plus the single sheet "Supplement" is included.
Ten pages, great condition.
AI notes: In June 1864, contemporary newspapers reported that Bowling Green, Kentucky, had been burned, but historical records indicate that this was likely an exaggeration or misreporting, as the city was firmly under Union control at the time. The town had previously suffered significant destruction in February 1862, when retreating Confederate forces burned railroad depots, bridges, and warehouses to prevent their use by advancing Union troops, after which Union forces occupied Bowling Green for the remainder of the war. By 1864, while the surrounding region experienced Confederate raids and guerrilla activity, there is no documented military action or large-scale fire in Bowling Green itself, suggesting that the June 1864 newspaper accounts reflected rumor or minor local incidents rather than an actual town-wide burning.
* Bowling Green Kentucky burned ?
* General David Hunter's raid ?
Among the front page one column Civil War heads are: "GRANT ! " "Continued Skirmishing Along the Union Lines" "Appearance of Guerrillas Near White House" "The Town of Bowling Green Burned" "HUNTER "The Victory on Sunday Last" "Our Troops in Pursuit of the Enemy" "Reported Occupation of Lexington by Our Troops" "Success of Crook & Averill's Commands" "The Rebels Cross the Atchafalaya & Are Repulsed" "The Mississippi Blockaded at Greenville" "Skirmish at Morganzia" and more.
Additional war reporting inside, plus the single sheet "Supplement" is included.
Ten pages, great condition.
AI notes: In June 1864, contemporary newspapers reported that Bowling Green, Kentucky, had been burned, but historical records indicate that this was likely an exaggeration or misreporting, as the city was firmly under Union control at the time. The town had previously suffered significant destruction in February 1862, when retreating Confederate forces burned railroad depots, bridges, and warehouses to prevent their use by advancing Union troops, after which Union forces occupied Bowling Green for the remainder of the war. By 1864, while the surrounding region experienced Confederate raids and guerrilla activity, there is no documented military action or large-scale fire in Bowling Green itself, suggesting that the June 1864 newspaper accounts reflected rumor or minor local incidents rather than an actual town-wide burning.
Category: Yankee
