United States, Kentucky, 38.20042, -84.87762Smith, Marion O., 1942-20222009Photocopy of typewritten report that documents American Civil War-era graffiti left by Union soldiers from Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania visited a small cave near Munfordville, Kentucky located in a steep sinkhole close to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad where numerous names and military affiliations were carved into the cave walls These inscriptions serve as a historical record of the soldiers' presence and offer insight into their units and movements during the Civil War. Sites mentioned: Soldier Cave (Ky.)image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Explosives--AdditivesSaltpeterDiscovery and explorationSoldiersNamesVandalismIndependent scholarsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--GraffitiCavingSignatures (Writing)|Tourism--Moral and ethical aspectsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narrativesSaltpeter industry--HistoryGunpowder industryGuano industryNitratesCavesSpeleologyJournal of Spelean HistorySpeleologistsGeology, EconomicGraffitiGeotourismSustainable tourismUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Confederate States of AmericaConfederate States of America. Nitre and Mining BureauManufacturing industries--United States--History--19th centuryManufacturing industries--Confederate States of America--History--19th centuryMineral industries--United States--History--19th centuryMineral industries--Confederate States of America--History--19th centurySaltpeter industry--United StatesGunpowder--United StatesNitrogen industries--United StatesSaltpeter industry--Confederate States of AmericaGunpowder--Confederate States of AmericaNitrogen industries--Confederate States of AmericaBats--ManureGuanoLocal historyMunfordville, Kentucky, Soldier CaveText