 On September 5, Ohio governor David Tod announced to the public that no additional volunteers would be needed for the defense of Cincinnati, but he advised that all military organizations be kept up for future needs.Heth and his men marched from Lexington, Kentucky on the Lexington Turnpike (present-day U.S. Route 25), arriving south of Covington on September 6.After reconnoitering the defenses at various points, he determined that an attack was pointless.