Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	Civil War battles in Kentucky February 6, 1862 Battle of Fort Henry Kentucky Tennessee   Fort Henry and Fort Donelson   Ulysses S. Grant August 30, 1862 Battle of Richmond In an impressive victory, E. Kirby Smith [CS] defeats William "Bull" Nelson [US] Kentucky   Army of Tennessee   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   E. Kirby Smith   William 'Bull' Nelson September 14, 1862 September 17, 1862 Battle of Munfordville After being initially repulsed by a federal garrison of 4,000, Braxton Bragg [CS] laid a brief seige. Federals surrendered on the 17th. Kentucky   Braxton Bragg   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   Simon Bolivar Buckner   Battle of Munfordville October 8, 1862 Battle of Perryville Braxton Bragg [CS] and Don Carlos Buell [US] fight the largest battle on Kentucky soil. The battle is generally regarded as a draw, although Buell claimed victory. Less than half of Buell's men participated because he did not know a major battle was taking place less than 2 miles from his headquarters Kentucky   Braxton Bragg   Don Carlos Buell   Army of the Ohio   Army of Tennessee   Philip Sheridan   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   William Hardee   Simon Bolivar Buckner   Benjamin Franklin Cheatham   Leonidas Polk   Patrick Cleburne October 10, 1862 Battle of Harrodsburg Kentucky   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky October 18, 1862 Battle of Lexington John Hunt Morgan's [CS} raiders captured a federal garrison before moving to the southwest Kentucky   John Hunt Morgan July 4, 1863 Morgan's men run into a contigent of federal troops in Columbus, Kentucky Kentucky   John Hunt Morgan Return to Civil War battles by state
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