List of battles fought in Kentucky

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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.

Contents

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).

Battles

NameDateLocationWarCampaignDeadBelligerents
Unnamed battle [1] 1745 (three days)modern Ft. Thomas, Kentucky Shawnee vs Miami & Cherokee
Siege of Logan's Fort [2] [3] May 23-June 1, 1777modern Stanford, Kentucky American Revolutionary War Western theater 1Kentucky settlers vs Shawnee & allies
Siege of Boonesborough September 7–18, 1778modern Boonesborough, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater39Kentucky settlers vs Shawnee
Ambush on the Ohio River [4] October 1, 1779modern Dayton, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater70+Indigenous [5] vs Continental Army & citizen laborers
Ruddle's Station [6] June 22, 1780near modern Cynthiana, Kentucky American Revolutionary War Bird's invasion of Kentucky 1–20British & allied Indigenous vs Kentucky settlers
Long Run Massacre September 13–14, 1781near modern Eastwood, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater~32Kentucky settlers vs Miami & allies
Battle of Little Mountain March 22, 1782near modern Mount Sterling, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater24 Wyandot vs Kentucky militia
Siege of Bryan Station [4] August 15–17, 1782modern Lexington, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater5+Kentucky settlers vs British & allied Indigenous
Battle of Blue Licks [4] August 19, 1782near modern Mount Olivet, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater79Kentucky militia vs British & allied Indigenous
Battle of Barbourville [7] September 19, 1861 Barbourville, Kentucky American Civil War Kentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)8Kentucky home guard vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Camp Wildcat [8] October 21, 1861near London, Kentucky American Civil WarKentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)15 United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Ivy Mountain November 8, 1861near Pikeville, Kentucky American Civil WarKentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)16 [9] United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Rowlett's Station [10] December 17, 1861near Hart County, Kentucky American Civil WarKentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)10+United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Sacramento December 28, 1861 Sacramento, Kentucky American Civil WarKentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)12United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Middle Creek [11] January 10, 1862 Floyd County, Kentucky American Civil WarOffensive in Eastern Kentucky (1862)United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Mill Springs [12] January 19, 1862 Pulaski County, Kentucky American Civil WarOffensive in Eastern Kentucky (1862)164United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Richmond [13] August 29–30, 1862 Richmond, Kentucky American Civil War Confederate Heartland Offensive (1862)284United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Munfordville [14] September 14–17, 1862 Munfordville, Kentucky American Civil WarConfederate Heartland Offensive (1862)United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Panther Creek September 20, 1862near Owensboro, Kentucky American Civil War39United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Augusta September 27, 1862 Augusta, Kentucky American Civil WarConfederate Heartland Offensive (1862)36Confederate States of America vs Kentucky pro-Union home guard
Battle of Perryville [15] October 8, 1862 Perryville, Kentucky American Civil WarConfederate Heartland Offensive (1862)1,426United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of New Haven December 30, 1862 New Haven, Kentucky American Civil War Morgan's Christmas Raid 0United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Somerset March 31, 1863 Somerset, Kentucky American Civil War~300United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Tebbs Bend July 4, 1863 Taylor County, Kentucky American Civil War Morgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, & Ohio (1863)United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Lebanon July 5, 1863 Lebanon, Kentucky American Civil WarMorgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, & Ohio (1863)41United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of the Cumberland Gap September 7–9, 1863 Cumberland Gap American Civil War Knoxville Campaign United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Paducah [16] March 25, 1864 Paducah, Kentucky American Civil WarForrest's Expedition into West Tennessee & Kentucky (1864)United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Salyersville April 13–14, 1864 Paintsville & Salyersville, Kentucky American Civil War24+United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Mt. Sterling June 8–9, 1864 Mt. Sterling, Kentucky American Civil War Morgan's Raid into Kentucky 87
[disputed] [17] 		United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Cynthiana [18] June 11–12, 1864 Cynthiana, Kentucky American Civil WarMorgan's Raid into KentuckyUnited States of America vs Confederate States of America
Simpsonville massacre [19] January 25, 1865near Simpsonville, Kentucky American Civil War22Confederate guerrillas [20] vs Company E, 5th United States Colored Cavalry

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Bellevue. Arcadia Publishing (2005). 2005. p. 7. ISBN   978-0-7385-4168-6 . Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  2. ↑ Lincoln County Historical Society (May 2001). Lincoln County, Kentucky. Turner Publishing. p. 11. ISBN   9781563117893 . Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Frances H. (June 10, 2014). The American Revolution: An Historical Guidebook (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 217–218. ISBN   978-0199324224 . Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Hoffman, Phillip W. (2009). Simon Girty: Turncoat Hero: The Most Hated Man on the Early American Frontier. Franklin, Tennessee: Flying Camp Press. ISBN   978-0984225637.
  5. ↑ Led by Simon Girty and Alexander McKee
  6. ↑ Mahan, Russell, The Kentucky Kidnappings and Death March: The Revolutionary War at Ruddell's Fort and Martin's Station (West Haven, UT: Historical Enterprises), 2020.
  7. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Barbourville". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 17, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  8. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Camp Wildcat". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  9. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Ivy Mountain". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  10. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Rowlett's Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  11. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Middle Creek". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  12. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Middle Creek". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  13. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Richmond". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  14. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Munfordville". National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 14, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  15. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Perryville". National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 25, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  16. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Paducah". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  17. ↑ Sources for the number of Union soldiers killed in action vary from 8 to 32. Sources for the number of Confederate soldiers killed are consistent at 52.
  18. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Mill Springs". National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 13, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  19. ↑ Link to the state marker and the mass grave.
  20. ↑ Henry C. Magruder, a Kentucky bushwhacker, took credit for the action. He claimed that he had fifteen men with him, including William Quantrill and Marcellus Jerome Clarke. See, Craig, Berry. Hidden History of Kentucky in the Civil War (Charleston, SC: The History Press), 2010, pp. 109-110.
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