Lizzie Compton

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The Battle of Tebbs Bend at Green River in Kentucky was fought July 4, 1863. During this action some 200 men composing a battalion of the 25th Michigan Infantry and possibly small element of the 8th Michigan (abt 40) and a small detachment of the 79th New York Highlanders successfully defended against an assault by the overwhelming forces under the Command of Gen. John Hunt Morgan.

During the action several soldiers were killed or wounded. Among the Union casualties was 16 year old Lizzie Compton of London, Ontario who was then posing as a man.