Confederate military campaign during the American Civil War
Confederate Heartland Offensive Kentucky Campaign
Part of the Western Theater of the American Civil War
Map of Western Theater of the American Civil War, from Corinth, Mississippi, to Perryville, Kentucky
Operational scope
Strategic offensive
Location
Tennessee and Kentucky
37°30′N85°00′W / 37.5°N 85°W / 37.5; -85
Commanded by
Gen. Braxton Bragg
Date
August 14 – October 10, 1862
Executed by
Army of Mississippi
Outcome
Union victory
Kentucky
Location of Kentucky within the United States
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Confederate Heartland Offensive Kentucky Campaign
Great Locomotive Chase
Lebanon
1st Chattanooga
1st Murfreesboro
Cumberland Gap
Cincinnati
Richmond
Riggins Hill
Munfordville
Augusta
Perryville
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. Though they scored some successes, notably a tactical win at Perryville, they soon retreated, leaving Kentucky primarily under Union control for the rest of the war.
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join the Confederate Army. First to move was Smith, leading the Confederate Army of Kentucky, whose ideas provided the initiative for the offensive. General...
allowed the Confederates to temporarily strengthen their hold on the region and impair Union supply lines. On August 26, 1862, Confederate Gen. Braxton...
into eastern Kentucky during the ConfederateHeartlandOffensive. The army was drawn from troops of the Confederate Department of Eastern Tennessee, which...
Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the American Civil War. Troops under Confederate cavalry commander Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest surprised and quickly...
the entire river. Bragg's second invasion of Kentucky in the ConfederateHeartlandOffensive included initial successes such as Kirby Smith's triumph at...
ordered the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry out to reconnoiter. It found the Confederates entrenched on the opposite side of the river along the banks and atop...
soldiers killed in action vary from 8 to 32. Sources for the number of Confederate soldiers killed are consistent at 52. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Mill Springs"...
as the ConfederateHeartlandOffensive or Kentucky Campaign of the American Civil War, from September 1 through September 13, 1862. Confederate Brigadier...
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War portal United States portal First Battle of Murfreesboro ConfederateHeartlandOffensive or Kentucky Campaign. Battle of Perryville Troop engagements...
The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway...
Brigade of the Left Wing in the Army of Mississippi. During the ConfederateHeartlandOffensive, Wheeler aggressively maintained contact with the U.S. Army...
Laurel County, Kentucky during the campaign known as the Kentucky ConfederateOffensive or Operations in Eastern Kentucky (1861). The battle is considered...
transported to Tennessee in preparation of Braxton Bragg's ConfederateHeartlandOffensive. In that campaign, Cleburne was loaned to Edmund Kirby Smith...
pursuit of the Army of Tennessee into Kentucky during the ConfederateHeartlandOffensive between October 1 and 16, including the Battle of Perryville...
to the offensive on October 16. List of battles fought in Kentucky This should not be confused with the 1862 ConfederateHeartlandOffensive or Kentucky...
success of Morgan's raid was one of the key reasons that the ConfederateHeartlandOffensive of Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith was launched later...
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