Excerpt from Sketch of the First Kentucky BrigadeOn the 17th of September, 1861, General Buckner, with some Tennessee troops and the Kentucky regiments, moved to Bowl ing Green, in Kentucky, and occupied it, fortifying it and fitting it for the base of active Operations of the Confederate armies in Kentucky, which it became for some months. One regiment of infantry and a battery of artillery was thrown forward to the bridge on Green river, under command of Colonel Haves - the bridge, Shortly after, was burned by the Confederate troops.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.