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CS "Guerillas" KIA at Grt Saltpeter Cave

Can anyone tell me anything about some skirmish that allegedly took place near the Great Saltpeter Cave/Preserve in Rockcastle County, in which some 31 CS "Guerillas" were either KIA, w/some perhaps executed? I've come acros a very old article on this event, but most of it is barely legible. From what I can make of it, these 31 CS "Guerillas", how ever they died, were buried either at or very near to the cave, which was a major supply of saltpeter, key to the production of gunpowder. Any help/info that any of you gentlemen can give me woulod be greatly appreciated. Thanks alot.

-MJG

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