CSA
On March 23, 1864, just two days before the raid, both Union and Confederate troops were searching for horses when they accidentally met on the site of Hugh Arant's farm just south of Benton near Sinkhole Hill. Seven men were killed in the skirmishes, three in the first and four in the second. According to the History of Marshall County, Kentucky published in 1984, the men were buried on a hill in the old Gilbert Cemetery and only one of the soldier's name was remembered, a Confederate with the last name of Salyer. It was assumed he was a native Marshall Countian.
CSA
On March 23, 1864, just two days before the raid, both Union and Confederate troops were searching for horses when they accidentally met on the site of Hugh Arant's farm just south of Benton near Sinkhole Hill. Seven men were killed in the skirmishes, three in the first and four in the second. According to the History of Marshall County, Kentucky published in 1984, the men were buried on a hill in the old Gilbert Cemetery and only one of the soldier's name was remembered, a Confederate with the last name of Salyer. It was assumed he was a native Marshall Countian.
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