Caseyville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Union County,

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, United States. Caseyville is located on the

Ohio River The Ohio River () is a river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to its river mouth, mouth on the Mississippi Riv ...

and

Kentucky Route 1508 Kentucky Route 1508 (KY 1508) is a state highway located in northwestern Kentucky. The route starts at Kentucky Route 109, KY 109, west of Sturgis, Kentucky, Sturgis. It travels westward to unincorporated area of Caseyville, Kentucky, Caseyvil ...

, west of Sturgis. During the

Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...

, many of Caseyville's residents were Confederate sympathizers, and Confederate troops used the community as a base during skirmishes in October 1862. After the Confederates seized a Union steamboat, Union troops at

Battery Rock Battery Rock is a limestone bluff located at Mile 860 of the Ohio River in Hardin County, Illinois, across from Caseyville, Kentucky. The bluff is a prominent navigational landmark along the river. The site played a role in several conflicts dur ...

entered into a standoff with the troops at Caseyville. The Confederates eventually left the town, and the Union Army entered the city; after temporarily arresting every male resident of the town and charging a fee for damages to the steamer, the army mandated that the town bar Confederate troops from entering.

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Unincorporated communities in Union County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Kentucky populated places on the Ohio River {{UnionCountyKY-geo-stub