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This is an incomplete list of military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modernUS State ofKentucky sinceEuropean contact. The region was part ofNew France from 1679 to 1763, ruled byGreat Britain from 1763 to 1783, and part of the United States from 1783 to present.

Several wars that have directly affected the region including theFrench 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 theAmerican Civil War (1861–1865).

Battles

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NameDateLocationWarCampaignDeadBelligerents
Unnamed battle[1]1745 (three days)modernFt. Thomas, KentuckyShawnee vsMiami &Cherokee
Siege ofLogan's Fort[2][3]May 23-June 1, 1777modernStanford, KentuckyAmerican Revolutionary WarWestern theater1Kentucky settlers vs Shawnee & allies
Siege of BoonesboroughSeptember 7–18, 1778modernBoonesborough, KentuckyAmerican Revolutionary WarWestern theater39Kentucky settlers vs Shawnee
Ambush on the Ohio River[4]October 1, 1779modernDayton, KentuckyAmerican Revolutionary WarWestern theater70+Indigenous[5] vsContinental Army & citizen laborers
Ruddle's Station[6]June 22, 1780near modernCynthiana, KentuckyAmerican Revolutionary WarBird's invasion of Kentucky1–20British & allied Indigenous vs Kentucky settlers
Long Run MassacreSeptember 13–14, 1781near modernEastwood, KentuckyAmerican Revolutionary WarWestern theater~32Kentucky settlers vsMiami & allies
Battle of Little MountainMarch 22, 1782near modernMount Sterling, KentuckyAmerican Revolutionary WarWestern theater24Wyandot vs Kentucky militia
Siege of Bryan Station[4]August 15–17, 1782modernLexington, KentuckyAmerican Revolutionary WarWestern theater5+Kentucky settlers vs British & allied Indigenous
Battle of Blue Licks[4]August 19, 1782near modernMount Olivet, KentuckyAmerican Revolutionary WarWestern theater79Kentucky militia vs British & allied Indigenous
Battle of Barbourville[7]September 19, 1861Barbourville, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarKentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)8Kentucky home guard vsConfederate States of America
Battle of Camp Wildcat[8]October 21, 1861nearLondon, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarKentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)15United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Ivy MountainNovember 8, 1861nearPikeville, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarKentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)16[9]United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Rowlett's Station[10]December 17, 1861nearHart County, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarKentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)10+United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of SacramentoDecember 28, 1861Sacramento, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarKentucky Confederate Offensive (1861)12United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Middle Creek[11]January 10, 1862Floyd County, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarOffensive in Eastern Kentucky (1862)United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Mill Springs[12]January 19, 1862Pulaski County, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarOffensive in Eastern Kentucky (1862)164United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Richmond[13]August 29–30, 1862Richmond, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarConfederate Heartland Offensive (1862)284United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Munfordville[14]September 14–17, 1862Munfordville, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarConfederate Heartland Offensive (1862)United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Panther CreekSeptember 20, 1862nearOwensboro, KentuckyAmerican Civil War39United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of AugustaSeptember 27, 1862Augusta, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarConfederate Heartland Offensive (1862)36Confederate States of America vs Kentucky pro-Union home guard
Battle of Perryville[15]October 8, 1862Perryville, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarConfederate Heartland Offensive (1862)1,426United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of New HavenDecember 30, 1862New Haven, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarMorgan's Christmas Raid0United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of SomersetMarch 31, 1863Somerset, KentuckyAmerican Civil War~300United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Tebbs BendJuly 4, 1863Taylor County, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarMorgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, & Ohio (1863)United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of LebanonJuly 5, 1863Lebanon, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarMorgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, & Ohio (1863)41United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of the Cumberland GapSeptember 7–9, 1863Cumberland GapAmerican Civil WarKnoxville CampaignUnited States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Paducah[16]March 25, 1864Paducah, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarForrest's Expedition into West Tennessee & Kentucky (1864)United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of SalyersvilleApril 13–14, 1864Paintsville &Salyersville, KentuckyAmerican Civil War24+United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Mt. SterlingJune 8–9, 1864Mt. Sterling, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarMorgan's Raid into Kentucky87
[disputed][17]		United States of America vs Confederate States of America
Battle of Cynthiana[18]June 11–12, 1864Cynthiana, KentuckyAmerican Civil WarMorgan's Raid into KentuckyUnited States of America vs Confederate States of America
Simpsonville massacre[19]January 25, 1865nearSimpsonville, KentuckyAmerican Civil War22Confederateguerrillas[20] vs Company E,5th United States Colored Cavalry

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Bellevue. Arcadia Publishing (2005). 2005. p. 7.ISBN 978-0-7385-4168-6. Retrieved2009-06-09.
  2. ^Lincoln County Historical Society (May 2001).Lincoln County, Kentucky. Turner Publishing. p. 11.ISBN 9781563117893. Retrieved31 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. Retrieved31 August 2015.
  4. ^abcHoffman, 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 bySimon Girty andAlexander 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 fromthe original on August 17, 2007. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  8. ^"CWSAC Battle Summary: Camp Wildcat". National Park Service. Archived fromthe original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  9. ^"CWSAC Battle Summary: Ivy Mountain". National Park Service. Archived fromthe original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  10. ^"CWSAC Battle Summary: Rowlett's Station". National Park Service. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  11. ^"CWSAC Battle Summary: Middle Creek". National Park Service. Archived fromthe original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  12. ^"CWSAC Battle Summary: Middle Creek". National Park Service. Archived fromthe original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  13. ^"CWSAC Battle Summary: Richmond". National Park Service. Archived fromthe original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  14. ^"CWSAC Battle Summary: Munfordville". National Park Service. Archived fromthe original on July 14, 2007. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  15. ^"CWSAC Battle Summary: Perryville". National Park Service. Archived fromthe original on June 25, 2007. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  16. ^"CWSAC Battle Summary: Paducah". National Park Service. Archived fromthe original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  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 fromthe original on July 13, 2007. Retrieved2009-05-15.
  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, includingWilliam Quantrill andMarcellus 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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