I live right down the way from Ivy creek. Located in Ivel, Ky. Not much to see these days as the site of the battle is now U.S. 23. There's a small monument on the same side of the road as the river, that's about it.
@Kytnliving
7 ай бұрын
I know that many places are restoring the old battlefields. I hope that they do something for Ivy Mountain. It was one of the turning points of the Civil War in the Appalachian Mountains. The Big Sandy Expedition and the Knoxville Expedition were the two major ones that really turned the war effort around for the north.
@jerrywinters6914
8 ай бұрын
Great job on the video. I had a lot of ancestors (Barkers, Holbrooks & Reynolds) in the Ky 5th Regiment that fought at Ivy Mountain. My 1st Cousin 5Xremoved William Barker died during this battle.
@Kytnliving
8 ай бұрын
Thank you very much. I had family that fought under Williams too. I think one of his biggest mistakes was leaving Pound Gap. Every time he did to go help out other Generals it would end up being a retreat for him.
@michaelratliff9449
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this, my ancestor was there ..he served in the 5th Ky Inf.and later he became soldier in Diamonds 10th Ky.Cav.and he survived the war, he was the Blacksmith for Co.G..his 4 brothers also served in the Confederate Army.
@Kytnliving
8 ай бұрын
@@michaelratliff9449 The 5th Kentucky Infantry and the 10th Kentucky Mounted Rifles show up a whole lot in our mountain Civil War battles. They really did a lot of fighting. We deeply appreciate the stories on here everyone is willing to share. It is part of our heritage to keep the stories of those who have gone before us alive and well for the next generation.
@jerrywinters6914
8 ай бұрын
@@michaelratliff9449 What was his name?
@WhispersFromTheDark
8 ай бұрын
Mornin' from North Texas. The South shall rise again!
@Kytnliving
8 ай бұрын
For us it is not a matter if the North or the South won or lost. There were a lot of Appalachian battles that actually ended up changing the tides of the war. And the fact that the Civil War was really not over until the 1900s for the people in the Mountains it just morphed into the the Feuding era and the Coal Wars. History has seismic events that never stand by themselves. They always have shock waves.
@WhispersFromTheDark
8 ай бұрын
That is true.
@jerrywinters6914
8 ай бұрын
@@Kytnliving I had Eastern Kentucky ancestors fight for both sides during the civil war, including one ancestor, William Hargis Holbrook, who fought for the South as a member of the KY 5th Regiment, completed his service and then enlisted with the North KY 45th Regiment and later fought against the KY 5th Regiment, that included his brother John H. Holbrook.
@Kytnliving
8 ай бұрын
@@jerrywinters6914 Oh wow. I think the most famous of our family who fought was the Kentucky Giant Martin Van Buren Bates. His sister, Peg is my 4th Great Grandmother and his brother Jesse was my husband's 4th Great Grandfather.
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