...ey could, in short, if necessary, extend their flank movement across the mountainous country in which Duck River takes its rise. The most direct road from Bardstown to Bryantsville passes through Macksville and Harrodsburg; another, more to the south, goes through Springfield, Perryville and Danville; other roads still, coming from the north and the south, meet at Harrodsburg. Polk reached this last v...