L & N Bridge-Civil War Historical Marker

This historical marker marks the location of the railroad bridge over the Salt River in Shepherdsville. The bridge was repeatedly attacked during the Civil War, destroyed three times by the Confederacy, and partially razed on Sept. 7, 1862, under Col. John Hutcheson. During the occupation of Shepherdsville on Sept. 28, 1862, Braxton Bragg’s troops again destroyed it, but a new bridge was erected by Oct. 11, 1862. After the Battle of Elizabethtown on Dec. 27, 1862, John Hunt Morgan’s men moved along the tracks, destroying everything on their way to trestle works at Muldraugh Hill.