22 December 1862
#KnowSouthernHistory
On this date in 1862...
General John Hunt Morgan's Confederate cavalry crossed the Cumberland River to raid federal installations in occupied Kentucky.
Other Years:
- 1769 - A Shawnee war party captured Daniel Boone.
- 1775 - A force of 1,500 Patriot rangers and militia captured a Loyalist force in Great Canebrake, South Carolina.
- 1830 - The State of Georgia prohibited whites from being on Cherokee land without a permit.
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