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This is an incomplete list of military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Kentucky since European contact. The region was part of New France from 1679 to 1763, ruled by Great Britain from 1763 to 1783, and part of the United States from 1783 to present.
Pages in category "Military operations of the American Civil War in Kentucky" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kentucky was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War.It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union Army for assistance.
Guard duty along the Kentucky Central Railroad between Lexington and Cincinnati. Scouting in central Kentucky and operating against guerrillas until November 1864. Moved to Crab Orchard, Kentucky, November 24, and joined General Stoneman. Stoneman's Raid into southwest Virginia December 10–29. Near Marion, Virginia, December 17–18.
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June, 1864 • Major Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge assumes military command over Kentucky. June 11–12, 1864 • The Battle of Cynthiana , part of Morgan's Last Raid, is fought over two days, resulting in a Federal victory on June 12, and a total rout of Morgan's forces.
Operations against guerrillas in southern and central Kentucky, guarding and protecting public property, and protecting lines of communication with the army operating at the front until March 1864. Operations against Forrest's Raid into Kentucky March 23-April 19, and against Morgan in eastern Kentucky May 31-June 20. Action at New Hope March ...
The Confederate Heartland Offensive (August 14 – October 10, 1862), also known as the Kentucky Campaign, was an American Civil War campaign conducted by the Confederate States Army in Tennessee and Kentucky where Generals Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith tried to draw neutral Kentucky into the Confederacy by outflanking Union troops under Major General Don Carlos Buell.