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The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing Company, 2000. ISBN 1-882810-47-3. Broadwater, Robert P. The Battle of Perryville, 1862: Culmination of the Failed Kentucky Campaign. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2005. ISBN 978-0-7864-2303-3. Gillum, Jamie.
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.
The Battle of Antietam (/ æ n ˈ t iː t əm / an-TEE-təm), also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.
Several wars that have directly affected the region including the French and Indian War (1754–1763), American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), Northwest Indian War (1785–1795), Tecumseh's War (1811–1812), War of 1812 (1812–1814), and the American Civil War (1861–1865).
The northernmost battle in the Civil War. July 28, 1863: Battle of Stony Lake: North Dakota (Dakota Territory at the time) D: Union: Dakota War of 1862: Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit. August 17 – September 9, 1863: Second Battle of Fort Sumter: South Carolina: B: Confederate: Union's massive bombardment and naval attack fails to ...
The ledger is attributed to a regimental surgeon who treated hundreds of wounded soldiers from the Battle of Perryville. Hospital ledger tied to KY Civil War battle sold on eBay. Buyer donates it ...
Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site is a 745-acre (3.01 km 2) park near Perryville, Kentucky. The park continues to expand with purchases of parcels by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves ' Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund and the American Battlefield Trust .
The episode will focus on the events of Jan. 25, 1865, when 22 Civil War soldiers were ambushed by outlaws and killed, while 20 more were injured, during a cattle drive to Louisville.