List of battles fought in Kentucky

Last updated

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 Shawnees & allies
Siege of Boonesborough September 7–18, 1778modern Boonesborough, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater39Kentucky settlers vs Shawnees & allies
Girty's ambush [4] October 1, 1779modern Dayton, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater70+Native Americans [5] vs Continental Army & citizen laborers
Ruddle's Station [6] June 22, 1780 [7] near modern Cynthiana, Kentucky American Revolutionary War Bird's invasion of Kentucky 20+ Kingdom of Great Britain & Shawnee vs Kentucky settlers
Long Run Massacre September 13–14, 1781near modern Eastwood, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater60+ [conjectural]Kentucky settlers vs American Indians & Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Little Mountain March 22, 1782near modern Mount Sterling, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater24 Wyandot vs Kentucky militia
Siege of Bryan Station August 15–17, 1782modern Lexington, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater5+Kentucky settlers vs American Indians & allies
Battle of Blue Licks August 19, 1782near modern Mount Olivet, Kentucky American Revolutionary WarWestern theater79Kentucky militia vs Kingdom of Great Britain & American Indians
Battle of Barbourville [8] September 19, 1861 Barbourville, Kentucky American Civil War Kentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)8Kentucky home guard vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Camp Wildcat [9] 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 [10] United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Rowlett's Station [11] 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 [12] 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 [13] 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 [14] 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 [15] September 14–17, 1862 Munfordville, Kentucky American Civil WarConfederate Heartland Offensive (1862)United 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 [16] 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 [17] 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] [18] 		United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Cynthiana [19] June 11–12, 1864 Cynthiana, Kentucky American Civil WarMorgan's Raid into KentuckyUnited States of America vs Confederate States of America
Simpsonville massacre [20] January 25, 1865near Simpsonville, Kentucky American Civil War22Confederate guerrillas [21] 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. ↑ This action has no official name.
  5. ↑ Led by Simon Girty and Col 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. ↑ Various sources cite different dates. The Kentucky Encyclopedia (1992) simply states "1780". The source for this date is William Henry Perrin, History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.), 1882.
  8. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Barbourville". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  9. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Camp Wildcat". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  10. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Ivy Mountain". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  11. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Rowlett's Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  12. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Middle Creek". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  13. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Middle Creek". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  14. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Richmond". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  15. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Munfordville". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  16. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Perryville". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  17. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Paducah". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ "CWSAC Battle Summary: Mill Springs". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  20. ↑ Link to the state marker and the mass grave.
  21. ↑ 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.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danville, Kentucky</span> City in Kentucky, United States

Danville is a home rule-class city in Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 17,236 at the 2020 Census. Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of the Boyle and Lincoln counties. In 2001, Danville received a Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In 2011, Money magazine placed Danville as the fourth-best place to retire in the United States. Centre College in Danville was selected to host U.S. vice-presidential debates in 2000 and 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joshua Barney</span> United States Navy officer (1759–1818)

Joshua Barney was an American Navy officer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and as a captain in the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. He later achieved the rank of commodore in the United States Navy and also served in the War of 1812.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Middle Creek</span> Battle of the American Civil War

The Battle of Middle Creek was an engagement fought January 10, 1862, in Eastern Kentucky during the American Civil War. It was the only battle personally commanded by future president James A. Garfield, then a colonel in the Union Army.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">American Battlefield Trust</span> Nonprofit preserving battlefields

The American Battlefield Trust is a charitable organization whose primary focus is in the preservation of battlefields of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War, through the acquisition of battlefield land. The American Battlefield Trust was formerly known as the Civil War Trust. On May 8, 2018, the organization announced the creation of the American Battlefield Trust as the umbrella organization for two divisions, the Civil War Trust and the Revolutionary War Trust, which was formerly known as "Campaign 1776".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Price's Missouri Expedition</span> Military campaign during the American Civil War

Price's Missouri Expedition, also known as Price's Raid or Price's Missouri Raid, was an unsuccessful Confederate cavalry raid through Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. Led by Confederate Major General Sterling Price, the campaign aimed to recapture Missouri and renew the Confederate initiative in the larger conflict.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Rowlett's Station</span> Battle of the American Civil War

The Battle of Rowlett's Station was a land battle in the American Civil War, fought at the railroad whistle-stop of Rowlett's in Hart County, Kentucky, on December 17, 1861. The outcome was inconclusive, although the Union Army continued to hold its objective, a railroad bridge across the Green River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Sappony Church</span> Battle of the American Civil War

The Battle of Sappony Church, also known as the Battle of Stony Creek Depot, was an engagement of the American Civil War, between the Confederate States of America and the Union, which took place on June 28, 1864, during the Wilson-Kautz Raid of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Index of Ohio-related articles</span>

The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. state of Ohio.

During the War of 1812, Kentucky supplied numerous troops and supplies to the war effort. Because Kentucky did not have to commit manpower to defending fortifications, most Kentucky troops campaigned actively against the enemy. This led to Kentucky seeing more battle casualties than all other states combined.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outline of Indiana</span> Overview of and topical guide to Indiana

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Indiana:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outline of Kentucky</span> Overview of and topical guide to Kentucky

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States Commonwealth of Kentucky:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Outline of Mississippi</span> Overview of and topical guide to Mississippi

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Mississippi:

Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart was a Lexington, Kentucky lawyer and businessman, who served with the state's volunteer militia during the War of 1812. As Captain of the Lexington Light Infantry from Kentucky, Hart and many of his men were killed in the River Raisin Massacre of January 23, 1813, after being taken prisoner the day before following the Battle of Frenchtown in Michigan Territory.

The Civil War Trust's Civil War Discovery Trail is a heritage tourism program that links more than 600 U.S. Civil War sites in more than 30 states. The program is one of the White House Millennium Council's sixteen flagship National Millennium Trails. Sites on the trail include battlefields, museums, historic sites, forts and cemeteries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Graham (North Carolina soldier)</span> Revolutionary soldier and political leader

Joseph Graham was a Revolutionary War militia officer, politician, and wealthy ironmonger from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mississippi River in the American Civil War</span> The Mississippi as a military highway in the Civil War

The Mississippi was an important military highway that bordered ten states, roughly equally divided between Union and Confederate loyalties.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.