Jenkins, Kentucky
Kentucky/Virginia State Line
US 23
GPS coordinates: 37.15548,-82.63346
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The monument is located in a small park with a beautiful overlook. The park features a gazebo with information, veteran stones, and the monument with flags of the Union and Confederate Armies. The Pound Gap Historical Marker is entitled "Brothers Once More" and is dedicated to ALL Letcher County residents, as well as other Americans, who suffered and sacrificed during the years of 1861 to 1865 and for many years beyond as well.

The front side, facing north, has pictures of the two presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, who served during the War Between the States. Both men were born in Kentucky. It also contains the Union and Confederate regiments that most Letcher County residents served in as well as the ones that fought on Letcher County soil. The center of the front side portrays two brothers, one Union and one Confederate, shaking hands.

The back side, facing south, contains a map of Kentucky showing the location of Letcher County, Pound Gap, both State Capitols (Frankfort, USA and Bowling Green, CSA) and the birthplace of both presidents (Fairview and Hodgenville). Also on the back are pictures of General James Garfield, USA and General John Hunt Morgan, CSA. General Garfield was the youngest Union general of the war and gained fame for his success at the Battle of Pound Gap. He was also the second President of the United States to be assassinated. General Morgan was known as the "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy." His exploits and daring raids made him famous throughout both the Union and the Confederacy. He was murdered in the fall of 1864 at Greenville, Tennessee.

The center of the back side contains a poem entitled "Brothers Once More" that was inspired by a local legend pertaining to the battle for the Gap. Control of Pound Gap was of vital importance, as it was one of the few navigable passes through Pine Mountain. Confederate troops maintained large camps on both the Kentucky and Virginia sides of the pass, and numerous skirmishes were fought for control of the Gap. On March 16, approximately 800 Union troops under future U.S. President James A. Garfield, marching through a deep winter snow, used "squirrel trails" to outflank and surprise the 500 or more Confederates under Major John Thompson. After a deadly battle, the Confederates retreated and their camps were destroyed. Pound Gap exchanged hands numerous times during the Civil War.

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