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.
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).
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This is an incomplete listof military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State ofKentucky since European contact...
The Battleof Middle Creek was an engagement fought January 10, 1862, in Eastern Kentucky during the American Civil War. It was the only battle personally...
The Battleof Richmond, Kentucky, fought August 29–30, 1862, was one of the most complete Confederate victories in the war by Major General Edmund Kirby...
Battlesof the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...
The Battleof Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, was one of the last battlesof the American Revolutionary War. The battle occurred ten months after...
This is an incomplete listof military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Ohio since European contact. The...
The Battleof Perryville, also known as the Battleof Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as...
Somerset in the Union, was foughtin Wayne and Pulaski counties, near current Nancy, Kentucky, on January 19, 1862, as part of the American Civil War. The...
Union-held territory. ListofbattlesfoughtinKentucky United States. War Dept; Henry Martyn Lazelle; Leslie J. Perry (1891). The War of the Rebellion: v...
raid with impunity. ListofbattlesfoughtinKentucky Penn, William A. (2016). Kentucky Rebel Town. Lexington: U. Press ofKentucky. pp. 105–137, 175–242...
for the Battleof Camp Wildcat on October 21, 1861 after Zollicoffer returned to the offensive on October 16. ListofbattlesfoughtinKentucky This should...
acres of the Munfordville Battlefield as of mid-2023. ListofbattlesfoughtinKentucky Noe, Kenneth (2001). Perryville: This Grand Havoc ofBattle. University...
The First Battleof Saltville (October 2, 1864) was fought near the town of Saltville, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The battle over significant...
Estill County, Kentucky, was named for Captain James Estill. ListofbattlesfoughtinKentucky Smith, Zachariah. 1885. The History ofKentucky. Louisville...
The Battleof Tebbs Bend (or Tebb's Bend or Green River Bridge) was fought on July 4, 1863, near the Green River in Taylor County, Kentucky during Morgan's...
Siege of Boonesborough were the subject of Allan W. Eckert's historical novel The Court-Martial of Daniel Boone. ListofbattlesfoughtinKentucky Lofaro...
The battle is considered one of the first Union victories of the Civil War, and marked the second engagement of troops in the Commonwealth ofKentucky. On...
Kentucky (US: /kənˈtʌki/ kən-TUK-ee, UK: /kɛn-/ ken-), officially the Commonwealth ofKentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the...
resume the unfinished task of subduing them. ListofbattlesfoughtinKentucky This article was derived from chapter six of Donald A. Clark's, The Notorious...
Confederate soldier, and politician. He foughtin the United States Army in the Mexican–American War. He later foughtin the Confederate States Army during...