. Guide des voyageurs à Louisville et Nashville Railroad .. . il y a des restaurants pour les passants sur Louisville et Nashville Road, et beaucoup d'un hôtel hun-gry qui se souviendra de cet endroit avec un sentiment de satisfaction. Les rebelles ont pris le temps de partir pendant la guerre et ont détruit la gare et l'hôtel, et d'autres ]&gt uildings, de sorte qu'il ne restait plus rien de vestige. Après avoir réapprovisionné notre intérieur avec les justifiquesde la mine hôte de l'hôtel Cave City, v/e sont de nouveau sur themove, à un mile loin en passant WOODLAND, comté de Barren. À 5 kilomètres, nous atteignons HORSB CAVE, Hart count

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. Travelers guide to the Louisville and Nashville railroad .. . hief dining places for passengersover the Louisville and Nashville Road, and many a hun-gry wiglit will remember the place with feelings of satisfac-tion. The rebels heki the place for a time during the warand on leaving destroyed the station-house and hotel, andother ]>uildings, so that hardly a vestige of it remained. Having replenished our innerselves with the substantialsof mine host of the Cave City Hotel, v/e are again on themove, a mile away passing WOODLAND, Barren county. Three miles on, we reach HORSB CAVE, Hart county. l^Iaking five miles further we are at ROWLETTS STATION. Und.erway again, two miles run brings us to MUNFORDSVILLE, The capital of Hart county, Ky. Another thriving Ken-tucky tf>wn is tliis. The place lies about one mile off therailroad, behind the hilis to the right, and cannot be seen bypassengers. It is upon the right bank of Green River, has NASHVILLE RAILEOAD. 11 a heavy local trade, has churches and schools abundant, and a population of about 1, 000.. fi4 ^;- ^^ ^ GR/DGE OVER ^ The great bridge across Green River at this point, is oneof the wonders of the Louisville and Nashville Road.Trains will cross and recross, and passengers hardly ob-serve a motion different from that upon the i.rm earth.This bridge, also, is the invention and workof Mr. A. Jmk.It consist! of five-spans, is 1, 012 feet Ipn^ and rests 117 feetabove water, and was built at a cost ot %)lbO, 0UO. MunfordsviUe, during the war, was the scene of manystirring events. The Green River Bridge was one of themost i7nportant points for protection on the road, and theConfederates made as persistent eftbrts to destroy it as theFederals to protect it. At the time of Bragg s invasion otKentucky, two hotly contested battles were tought in sighto^- hisbi^lge. Gnthe 15th of September 1862, reinforce-1 ments, sentlrom Louisville by Gen. Boyle, having reachedthe Federal garrison, a fight took place m which the as-saultin

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