Editing Augusta, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Augusta was founded by Philip Buckner in 1786 as a trading post along the [[Ohio River]]. The city was named after [[Augusta County, Virginia]]. The city grew quickly and in 1796 became [[county seat]] of the new Bracken County.  The county seat was moved to [[Oxford, Kentucky|Oxford]], then back to Augusta, then finally to Brooksville in 1839.

In 1862, Confederate Colonel [[Basil W. Duke]] [[Battle of Augusta (1862)|attacked the town]] as part of the [[Kentucky Campaign]]. While he was able to drive off a pair of Union gunboats in the Ohio River and defeat the local Unionist militia in house-to-house fighting, heavy losses forced him to abandon plans to cross into Ohio.

The city was home to five separate schools, one private and four public. The most famous built was the Augusta College, which served the entire Bracken area until 1887 when the high school was moved into that spot. The college continued to serve the city until October 31, 1896.