Page 1 of Kentucky's Civil War Heritage Map by Kentucky's Western Waterland

kentucky s civil w ar heritage map carrollton 421 covington 275 30 florence 471 this i sb do marc etter than slav er h i felt fre in line at the ta y though i p of a d edom in rum my bon es ­ sgt e lijah ma 12th u rrs .s colo red h 9 27 o h er riv eavy ar tiller y io oh 9 er riv 71 i o 9 62 river augusta kincaid lake falmouth dry ridge sparta 127 maysville 9 23 ­ 4 ­ western region site ­ 30 ­ northern region site oh io 8 10 both sides in the american civil war considered kentucky a key to victory lincoln is reported to have said that he hoped to have god on his side but he must have kentucky from cumberland gap in the east to columbus in the west fighting raged for control of crucial mountain passes navigable rivers and railroad junctions the war divided kentucky more tragically than any other state for kentuckians it truly was a brothers war and one of the war s climactic battles took place in the state at perryville along with the battle of antietam in maryland two weeks earlier perryville represented the failure of the confederacy s two-pronged effort to gain the support of these important border states and to persuade european powers as well as the lincoln administration to recognize the confederacy as an independent nation that could not be conquered it is scarcely an exaggeration to say that the confederacy would have won the war if it could have gained kentucky and conversely that the union s success in retaining kentucky as a base for invasions of the confederate heartland brought eventual union victory ­ james m mcpherson ­ noted civil war historian gen butler s.r.p williamstown 27 75 28 29 9 vanceburg 10 washington 68 greenup ­ 33 ­ eastern region site ashland 60 anaid owenton 421 11 ohio 71 greenbo lake s.r.p ­ 12 ­ southern region site ­ bi 23 ­ state resort park ­ welcome center 27 blue licks battlefield s.r.p flemingsburg louisville 264 18 cynthiana 19 pewee 64 carter caves s.r.p 64 g ­ grayson 64 valley 421 127 27 68 carlisle 32 sandy grayson lake river shelbyville 127 georgetown 27 20 64 265 paris morehead 7 n 31w 31e frankfort 60 yatesville lake 24 64 v i 17 oh io 41 60 lexington 64 23 cave run lake 519 w i shepherdsville taylorsville lake kw ay versailles 60 r 26 25 75 ber 7 e west point fort knox military reservation 65 6 aud ubo n par ri ve r e.s .t c s.t par gras s winchester t daniel t west liberty co mb 460 paintsville lake g s 68 32 23 i t hawesville 127 henderson 60 60 bardstown blue 31w 16 150 555 23 27 ver sioni go to www.kentuckytourism.com for hours of operation and more detailed civil war site information io oh kwa y owensboro elizabethtown 79 harrodsburg 21 555 nicholasville 25 mounta in red river gorge 205 staffordsville paintsville salyersville 460 23 s n slade pk w 191 i toll road 49 ri herrington lake richmond irvine 75 natural bridge s.r.p y 114 11 dewey lake a edwar d 33 114 15 morganfield springfield 61 rough river dam s.r.p 259 15 31e loretto 49 55 22 34 prestonsburg 119 23 jenny wiley s.r.p wi ll iam perryville 68 danville lancaster 150 boone 11 t breath itt 431 h to ll na r he tc ad ro berea stanford booneville 30 jackson 80 rough river lake leitchfield kw ford park way 259 hodgenville 61 80 13 .t e.s s.t c l l i ri ver io oh 60 4 sacramento central city r fo d lebanon e.s .t c s.t 27 127 150 pikeville robinson forest u of k 460 fishtrap lake pa r hartford 15 par kwa y wendell h r a kw y renfro valley national 30 80 marion 60 madisonville pa 12 259 65 61 campbellsville 75 3 2 24 smithland 641 wendel ford l h 431 nolin river lake morgantown woodbury r buckhorn lake s.r.p buckhorn lake hazard hindman 23 119 80 elkhorn city breaks interstate park a i n ay wi ll iam 11 munfordville horse cave greensburg 55 daniel 30 pkwy paducah 60 wen dell h dawson springs edward t breath itt parkway greenville brownsville mammoth cave national park 61 101 boone parkway boo iel 15 119 i whitesburg h 60 eddyville princeton 62 lake beshear pennyrile forest green river lake russell springs 80 127 31 dan cave city park city 90 parkway somerset 14 80 ne barlow london 25e to ll r oad griv na tc he .t e.s s.t c t o ll ro pa 6 wickliffe 51 grand rivers lak 68 45 24 er ky dam village s.r.p pennyrile forest s.r.p lake malone 10 9 louie b nunn t ol lr d oa national redbird purchase unit forest jefferson rk w ad ay cumberland 160 riv land lake barkley s.r.p 431 cadiz between 68 i s mi c 51 franklin fort campbell military reservation c s.t ar kenlake s.r.p 31e tompkinsville 61 dale hollow lake s.r.p e.s.t s i ipp siss o u r columbus 1 par 80 a kw y 80 south union 68 231 bowling green barren river lake glasgow 31e jamestown 61 national e corbin lake cumberland s.r.p 27 black mountain 119 elev 4,145 ft tu ken cky benton 68 641 hopkinsville russellville byp 68 58 aurora the 5 41a 24 68 8 65 80 barren river lake s.r.p 90 lake cumberland monticello 90 forest laurel river lake 90 25w barbourville 75 harlan 119 forest 80 r o ll mayfield e lak lakes fairview 431 burkesville 90 127 cumberland falls s.r.p 7 scottville albany 127 williamsburg stearns big south fork national river and recreation area pine mountain s.r.p pineville bar kley cumberland gap national historical park kentucky ridge state forest 25e 27 an ju mis hickman li murray dale hollow lake middlesboro e e 34 go to www.kentuckytourism.com for a complete list of reenactments and civil war events m fulton 641 t april 12 1861 confederates open fire on fort sumter at 4:30 a.m commencing the civil war kentuckian major robert anderson surrenders the garrison the next day at 2:30 p.m september 18 1861 kentucky s pro-union legislature calls for the expulsion of the confederates and gives command of the state volunteers to now general robert anderson who won his fame by defending fort sumter enness december 20 1860 south carolina secedes from the union in january 1861 ten other states follow 1860 november 6 1860 kentuckian abraham lincoln is elected 16th president of the united states 1861 february 9 1861 kentuckian jefferson davis is elected as the first president of the confederate states of america september 6 1861 union troops under the command of general grant move into paducah and smithland october 21 1861 to counter the confederate victory at barbourville federal forces repel an attack on wildcat mountain in laurel county august 29 1862 the confederate offensive into kentucky encounters union troops as they move north from big hill to richmond 1862 july 4 1862 confederate general john hunt morgan leads 875 officers and men westward from knoxville on his first major raid into kentucky 25 october 8 1862 fighting north from the cumberland gap as part of the 1862 kentucky campaign general e kirby smith controls much of central kentucky while general braxton bragg thwarted in his efforts to capture louisville by union general don carlos buell moves into central kentucky to link the two armies 18 january 1 1863 on this date president lincoln enacts the emancipation proclamation 1863 1864 1865 november 8 1864 president abraham lincoln is reelected his vice president is andrew johnson of tennessee april 14 1865 john wilkes booth mortally wounds president abraham lincoln he dies the following morning and andrew johnson is sworn in as the 17th president of the united states 15 5 2 3 september 19 1861 the first engagement of the war in kentucky occurs at barbourville november 18 1861 some 115 delegates from 68 counties assemble in russellville to establish the provisional government of kentucky and bowling green is designated as the capital kentucky s confederate government remains in exile during the majority of the war 9 september 17 1862 confederate forces commanded by general robert e lee and union forces commanded by george mcclellan meet at antietam near sharpsburg maryland in the single bloodiest day of the war september 22 1862 president abraham lincoln published the emancipation proclamation december 22 1862 general john hunt morgan and 3,100 men cross the cumberland river this highly successful 12-day adventure became known as morgan s christmas raid april 9 1865 general robert e lee surrenders the once great army of virginia to general grant at appomattox court house december 18 1865 the secretary of the state announces the ratification of the 13th amendment to the united states constitution officially abolishing slavery.

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