BOONESBORO CIVIL WAR FORT! OBSCURE HISTORY!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ธ.ค. 2022
- Civil War fort at Boonesboro? Wait? I thought Boonesboro was a pioneer fort, during the Revolutionary War? But wait, you read that correctly, there was a Civil War fort at Boonesboro as well, stay with me, and I’ll tell you it’s story!
It’s one of the most obscure historic sites in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, the Civil War Fort at Boonesboro. Many folks know about Daniel Boone and his pioneer fort on the Kentucky frontier, and its replica that is visited thousands of times a year by folks all over the world. What is lesser known is that eighty-eight years later, the area had another fort just across the river, high on the hill overlooking the Kentucky River.
In order to understand why this fort and others were built, we need to understand the back story. Kentucky was a highly contested border state throughout the war, and was continually surprised by Confederates on short, fast raiding missions to destroy supply lines, transportation routes, and to procure supplies.
Let me introduce you to Confederate Colonel Roy S. Cluke, who ironically was a native of Clark County, Kentucky, where this fort stood. In February 1863, he took a force of 750 men from Tennessee to invade Kentucky. They first struck Somerset and captured a bounty of supplies. When they reached Richmond, Cluke split up his forces and sent raiding parties to Winchester, Paris, and Mt. Sterling.
Colonel Cluke and his men were pursued by Colonel Benjamin Runkle of the 45th Ohio and those Buckeyes almost caught the Rebs at Boonesboro Ford. Runkle and his men followed the Rebs to Mt. Sterling where they hit them again. Cluke was able to escape capture and returned back into Tennessee.
The next month Confederate General John Pegram took 1,550 men and three pieces of artillery into Kentucky to procure cattle for the army. They initially moved through the area unopposed, and they gathered large numbers of cattle as they went. They faced little opposition until they reached Danville, where they ran into Colonel Runkle’s force. The Confederates were successful in pushing the Federalists out of the important town.
Soon they ran into Union Brigadier General Samuel P. Carter and after a few skirmishes, they retreated back south to Somerset. Pegram’s men were mounted but were slowed by the hundreds of cattle that they had procured in Garrard, Lincoln, and Boyle Counties. Union General Quincey Gilmore and his men caught up with the Confederates and defeated them at the Battle of Somerset, forcing them to leave behind all their cattle.
In July and August, a third Confederate raid into Kentucky took place. Colonel John S. Scott came from Tennessee with 1,000 men and eight pieces of artillery. Their mission was to capture supplies and to take some of the Union pressure off of General John Hunt Morgan, “The Thunderbolt of the Confederacy”, who at that time, was raiding into Ohio.
Colonel Scott ran into resistance and clashed with Union forces four days in a row, in Williamsburg, London, Rogersville, and Richmond. Scott’s Rebels defeated Union Colonel William P. Saunders who retreated his men across the Kentucky River at Clays Ferry, and then into Lexington. Colonel Scott and his men then captured the city of Winchester. Union reinforcements came from Camp Nelson, Cincinnati, and Louisville, and Colonel Saunders attacked Scott about five miles south of Winchester. Scott’s Rebels were forced to retreat and ended up escaping back into Tennessee, and like General Pegram, were forced to abandon most of their supplies and animals in Somerset.
The Union Army charged one man to help defend the region from more attacks, Captain Thomas B. Brooks. Captain Brooks was from New York and first enlisted in the 1st New York Volunteer Engineers. In November of 1862, he was ordered to Kentucky to serve under the command of General Gilmore, to assist with designing defenses. Brooks traveled around Central Kentucky to scout out where the defenses were needed. He then designed several blockhouses used for railroad security and designed the fortifications at Boonesboro, Clays Ferry, Tates Creek, Frankfort, and Hickman Creek, which became Camp Nelson. He was also involved in the construction of defenses in Lexington.
Perhaps by the forts sheer existence the Confederates were discouraged from further raiding in the area and General John Hunt Morgan’s summer raid bypassed the area completely. Later in 1863, General Ambrose Burnside arrived in Kentucky to lead a force into Tennessee. Burnside pulled most of the men and supplies form the forts for his mission. In September 1863, Burnside and his men took Knoxville and the threat to Kentucky was never as strong again.
The rest of the video is a tour of the area.
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Wow. Never knew the Civil War history there. Great video
Ya man, it gets overlooked because of the pioneer history here but there is surprisingly a lot of Civil War history as well!
Beautiful, thank you for your presentation.Ole Daniel is my 6th great grandfather.
Well thanks for your support, that’s a pretty cool ancestor that you have.
Samuel Boone was my 6th great grandfather. There are still Boone relatives residing in neighboring communities. My family history runs deep in this area. But I’m proud to say, most of these ancestors supported or fought for the Union during the Civil War. The ones who fought in the wrong side of the war either died from disease or were captured. Ky became a union state or commonwealth a year before the war ended. They were the badass hillbillies who fought and won the American Revolution.
I hope to be in Kentucky late Spring, or when there is good weather.
Hopefully you can visit some of the historic sites.
Great video!!!
Thanks for your support!
That was a great tour. Thank You.
Thank you sir!
Love the Great Videos! how about a video on Civil War Fort Duffield in North Hardin County,Kentucky and Battle of Munfordville,Kentucky Thanks Again.
I’ll have to check those out thanks for the tip!
Great video as usual. I stopped by the entrance to the Civil War fort, but did not pursue checking it out. However, I have watched a documentary on the Civil War fort. I loved visiting Boonesboro. Thank you.
Oh really? Where is this documentary?
@@familytreenutshistorygenealogy It has been a long while since I viewed the documentary Col. Martin.
Interesting, thanks for sharing !
Absolutely, my pleasure!
also maybe Fort Williams in Glasgow,Kentucky and the Battle of Cynthiana also in Kentucky Thank You!
Definitely would like to do those as well. I’ve been to the sites in Cynthiana and the bridge site.
Very Nice Video, Russ. I have never been to the site of the Civil War fort but somewhat familiar with the area.
Awesome sir, I hope that you get to visit there.
I went to Boonsboro a couple of years back. I found a reenactment, were after the encampment, they had a celebration or a party in period time, after the battle. That said, after Boonsboro, I found a fort on a hill, that went up so far, then you hiked the rest. It was a fort with cannon around it so many feet. Not a lot left as for barracks etc. I wish I could remember exactly where it was.
Are you taking about the fort in this video?
@@familytreenutshistorygenealogy I did a road trip in KY a few years ago. I started in Hazard and ended up at Boonsboro. I stop every were that was historical. That is when I found out, how bad KY was fought over in the CW. But the fort you are talking about reminds me of one we stopped at, it was mostly cannon, no barracks. It has been so long, I do not remember if they were restoring it or what. I hope they do. The other place was in SE KY, they had a reenactment, followed by a dance. Pretty cool. Sorry I was just thinking out loud.
It is across the Kentucky River from Boonesboro.
@@judypierce7028 I love road trips. I try to use them from point to point. LOL. But some of the best is things you just happen to come across
@@outdoorlife5396 WOW! Great idea!!
many forts/battlefields of the Rev War were also forts/battlefields during the Civil War.
Makes sense, strategic places.
Caught me offguard. You're talking Boonesboro not Boonsboro. Because of course a couple of miles south of Boonsboro was the deadliest one-day battle of the Civil War along Antietam Creek.
I would really like to hear about the long lost KY town known as Brooklyn in Jessamine County. I have found very little about that area.
Awesome, thanks for the tip. So many of those tiny river towns that were once important with river trade that have disappeared. When. I travel those areas I imagine how many folks lived along the river areas and how wild it is that now, it is the boonies.
I would love to hear the history of Valley View in Madison Co. I particular the last house on the right before the ferry.
It's still considered a failure Morgan still road past the fortications 😮😂
Is that close to Boonesfarm where they make that cheap strawberry wine?
Haha, I’d say there was a Boone farm close at one time, but I doubt that they made wine.
I do not have the patience to research my genealogy. So is there a group of you that do the work and what would the group charge for the services.
Yes sir we do, we’d be glad to help you with that. You can see our plans at www.familytreenuts.org or you can reach out at info@familytreenuts.org and we can follow up with a phone call to get it all squared away for you.
It's on the Clark County side of the river!!!!!
Yes, but I’m missing your point.
I use to teach about the Civil War there now u can't 😮😢