The Battle Of Campbellsville Anniversary

The Battle of Campbellsville was Fought 160 Years Ago this Month (November).

November 24 marks 160 years since Campbellsville experienced the tragedy of the Civil War firsthand.

The morning of November 24^th,1864, just as most families were finishing breakfast and beginning their workday, 4,000 Union cavalrymen under the command of Gen. Edward Hatch passed through Campbellsville, with orders to encamp about a mile north of the town.

A fierce engagement broke out with Confederate forces led by Gen. Abraham Buford.

The fighting continued back and forth until the Union forces had been driven all the way to Lynnville.

The only known civilian casualty of the Battle of Campbellsville was eight-year-old Mary Eliza Yokley. After the fighting had ended, a wounded Confederate soldier accidentally dropped his weapon while trying to dismount his horse in Mary’s front yard. The weapon discharged, striking and killing her.

Mary is buried in the Hannah-Yokley family cemetery, about three-quarters of a mile north of Campbellsville.