Fort Williams
Site of Civil War fort built in spring of 1863. Attacked Oct. 6 by Confederate Col. John M. Hughs and his 25th Tenn. Infantry. US troops under Maj. Samuel Martin surprised. Over 200 horses captured, part of fort burned, and 142 men taken prisoner, later paroled. In nearby cemetery is buried Gen. Joseph H. Lewis, Commander of lst Kentucky (Orphan) Brigade, CSA.
Marker is at the intersection of N.L. Rodgers Wells Boulevard (Bypass U.S. 31-E) and Cross Street, on the right when traveling north on N.L. Rodgers Wells Boulevard.
Courtesy hmdb.org
