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The Civil War in Kentucky
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
Central Army of Kentucky
John Crittenden
Kentucky Ordinance of Secession
Battle of Mill Springs
Battle of Middle Creek
Battle of Munfordville
John Breckinridge
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Henry Clay
Confederate Invasion of Kentucky
Confederate Order of Secession
John Bell Hood
Morgan's Raid into Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana
| February 4, 1792 | James Birney born, Danville, KY | Kentucky |
| James Birney | ||
| June 3, 1808 | Jefferson Davis born, Christian County (now Todd County), Kentucky | Kentucky |
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| February 12, 1809 | Abraham Lincoln born, Hardin County, Kentucky | Kentucky |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| December 18, 1816 | [circa] Abraham Lincoln's family completes their move to Indiana (near Vincennes, where the Wabash River forms the border of Indiana and Illinois) | Indiana Kentucky |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| November 20, 1818 | Bank of Kentucky suspends all payments. | Kentucky |
| Panic of 1819 | ||
| January 16, 1821 | John Cabell Breckinridge born, near Lexington | Kentucky |
| John Breckinridge | ||
| October 27, 1859 | The Louisville and Nashville Railroad makes its first trip between the two cities. | Kentucky Tennessee |
| May 20, 1861 | Kentucky declares its neutrality in the War Between The States | Kentucky |
| Confederate Order of Secession | ||
| August 6, 1861 | Lt. Bull Nelson of the U. S. Navy is ordered to build a camp where Kentucky residents can train for service in the Kentucky militia. Nelson names the camp for the owner of the property in Garrard County, Captain Dick Robinson | Kentucky |
| William 'Bull' Nelson | ||
| September 3, 1861 | In response to a federal build-up in the West, Leonidas Polk orders Gideon Pillow to take Columbus, Kentucky on the Mississippi River | Kentucky |
| Leonidas Polk | ||
| Gideon Pillow | ||
| September 4, 1861 | Gideon Pillow seizes Columbus | Kentucky |
| Gideon Pillow | ||
| September 6, 1861 | Grant takes Paducah, Kentucky unopposed | Kentucky |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| September 10, 1861 | George Thomas ordered to relieve Bull Nelson at Camp Dick Robinson. General Nelson is ordered to Eastern Kentucky. | Kentucky |
| George Thomas | ||
| William 'Bull' Nelson | ||
| September 19, 1861 | Crossing into Kentucky through the Cumberland Pass, Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer disperses a small federal garrison at Barboursville | Kentucky |
| Felix Zollicoffer | ||
| November 8, 1861 | Battle of Ivy Mountain
Bull Nelson [US] defeats Capt. Andrew Jackson [CS] in early Kentucky battle. Additional action near Pikeville the following day. |
Kentucky |
| William 'Bull' Nelson | ||
| January 10, 1862 | Battle of Middle Creek | Kentucky |
| Battle of Middle Creek | ||
| James Garfield | ||
| January 19, 1862 | Battle of Mill Springs | Kentucky |
| Battle of Mill Springs | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| Felix Zollicoffer | ||
| January 19, 1862 | General Felix Zollicoffer is shot and killed when he accidently crosses the Union line and speaks to Col. S. S. Fry [US] at the battle of Mill Springs | Kentucky |
| Battle of Mill Springs | ||
| Generals Who Died In the Civil War | ||
| Felix Zollicoffer | ||
| February 6, 1862 | Battle of Fort Henry | Kentucky Tennessee |
| Fort Henry and Fort Donelson | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| March 2, 1862 | Leonidas Polk completes his withdrawal from Columbus. He moves south to New Madrid, Missouri. | Kentucky |
| Leonidas Polk | ||
| June 18, 1862 | Union forces capture the Cumberland Gap | Virginia Kentucky Tennessee |
| July 9, 1862 | John Hunt Morgan [CS] turns back federal troops and takes Tompkinsville | Kentucky |
| John Hunt Morgan | ||
| July 12, 1862 | John Hunt Morgan [CS] and his raiders seize Lebanon | Kentucky |
| John Hunt Morgan | ||
| July 16, 1862 | John Hunt Morgan wires Kirby Smith "Lexington and Frankfurt ... are garrisoned with Home Guard. The bridges between Cincinnati and Lexington have been destroyed. The whole country can be secured and 25,000 to 30,000 men with join you at once. | Kentucky |
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| John Hunt Morgan | ||
| E. Kirby Smith | ||
| August 16, 1862 | Carter Stevenson [CS] appears at the entrance to the Cumberland Gap in eastern Tennessee. | Kentucky Tennessee |
| E. Kirby Smith | ||
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| August 16, 1862 | Don Carlos Buell orders William "Bull" Nelson to assume command of federal forces in Kentucky. | Kentucky |
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| Don Carlos Buell | ||
| William 'Bull' Nelson | ||
| 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 2, 1862 | Kirby Smith enters Lexington, Kentucky | Kentucky |
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| E. Kirby Smith | ||
| September 3, 1862 | Confederate forces capture Frankfurt, the capital of Kentucky | Kentucky |
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| 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 | ||
| September 25, 1862 | Don Carlos Buell arrives in Louisville, KY, beating Braxton Bragg to the Ohio River. | Kentucky |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Don Carlos Buell | ||
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| Army of the Ohio | ||
| September 29, 1862 | General William A. Nelson gets into an altercation with General Jefferson C. Davis at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky. Davis returns later with a gun and shoots and kills Nelson. | Kentucky |
| Generals Who Died In the Civil War | ||
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| William 'Bull' Nelson | ||
| October 4, 1862 | Richard Hawes is inaugurated as Confederate governor of Kentucky. Braxton Bragg attends. | Kentucky |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| 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 | ||
| October 19, 1862 October 23, 1862 |
Bragg moves south through the Cumberland Gap, essentially escaping the Army of the Ohio | Tennessee Kentucky |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| February 18, 1863 | A Democrat Convention in Richmond, Kentucky, is broken up by federal authorities because some members were pro-Confederate | Kentucky |
| Democratic Party | ||
| March 22, 1863 | A detachment of John Morgan's [CS] cavalry captures the federal outpost at Mount Sterling | Kentucky |
| March 22, 1863 April 1, 1863 |
Confederate John Pegram enters Kentucky on a series of raids. | Kentucky |
| July 4, 1863 | Morgan's men run into a contigent of federal troops in Columbus, Kentucky | Kentucky |
| John Hunt Morgan | ||
| July 19, 1863 | While crossing the Ohio River into Kentucky at Buffington Island, John Hunt Morgan's raiders stumble onto a fortified position. Federals manage to kill or wound 120 and capture 700 men and most of the rest return to Ohio to find an alternate crossing. | Ohio Kentucky |
| John Hunt Morgan | ||
| September 9, 1863 | Brigadier General John W. Frazier [CS] surrenders his men guarding the Cumberland Gap | Kentucky Tennessee |
| January 23, 1864 | Trade restrictions for Missouri and Kentucky are lifted | Kentucky Missouri |
| March 16, 1864 | Nathan Bedford Forrest begins a raid into West Tennessee and Kentucky | Kentucky Tennessee |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| January 8, 1867 | Kentucky rejects the 14th Amendment | Kentucky |
| 14th Amendment | ||
| January 9, 1873 | General Henry Halleck dies, Louisville | Kentucky |
| Henry Halleck | ||
| March 18, 1976 | Kentucky ratifies the 14th Amendment | Kentucky |
| 14th Amendment |
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