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Tour Stop-6: Village of Sacramento
Sacramento was not a safe haven, as Southern sympathizers in the village
fired on the Union soldiers from their businesses and homes. In
Sacramento, Forrests men caught up with a Union rear guard, resulting
in a great deal of hand-to-hand combat, including various saber fights |
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Church Cemetery - Molly Morehead's Grave
Mary (Molly) Morehead was the 18 yr. old daughter of Hugh Morehead. She
and her sister, Sarah, were on an errand when they observed Union troops
near Garsts Pond. While Sarah rode to tell their father, Molly rode
toward Greenville to alert the Confederate troops. Forrest recounted
that a beautiful young lady, smiling with untied tresses floating in
the breeze on horseback, met the column just before our advance guard
came up on the rear of the enemy, infusing nerve into my arms and
kindling knightly chivalry within my heart. Her name, not in Forrests
report, was unknown until Mollys story, preserved through family
history, was published in a 1962 McLean County News article. Molly
married Dr. George Stowers, a dentist in 1866 and died during childbirth
in 1870. The cemetery is on the east side of the highway, north of the
Methodist Church. Mollys grave is on the northeast section of the
cemetery |
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Tour Stop-8A
As soon as he heard of the engagement, Crittenden sent a 500 man relief
force under Col. James Jackson of the Third Kentucky Cavalry. However,
by the time they arrived in the area. Forrest was gone, well on his way
back to Greenville. The 1861 Station Baptist Church was approx. 4 miles
north of Sacramento on the east side of Hwy 81. The present day church
is 5.1 mi north of Sacramento on the west side |
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