About 90 results for "Forts_in_Kentucky"

• 4th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

  serves as part of the 1st Infantry Division 1st Infantry Division, 3rd "Duke" Brigade, at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The 4th United States Cavalry Regiment was established as an outcome from the growth of mounted U

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• Battle of Fort Henry

  For other uses, see Battle of Fort Henry (disambiguation). The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in western Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for

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• James A. Ramage Civil War Museum

  Coordinates: 39°03′20″N 84°31′38″W/ 39.05556°N 84.52722°W The James A. Ramage Civil War Museum seeks to tell the untold story of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky's involvement in the American Civil

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• Turning point of the American Civil War

  There is widespread disagreement over the turning point of the American Civil War. The idea of a turning point is an event after which most observers would agree that the eventual outcome was inevitable. While

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• Defense of Cincinnati

  The Defense of Cincinnati refers to the period during the American Civil War before September 13, 1862, when Cincinnati, Ohio, was spared from invasion from the Confederate forces. Confederate Brig. Gen. Henry Heth had been

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• Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

  1815). For the actions after the battle of 1862, see Capture of New Orleans. The Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip (April 18–28, 1862) was the decisive battle for possession of New Orleans

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• Fort Hill (Frankfort, Kentucky)

  Fort Hill is a hill overlooking downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, where military fortifications were built during the American Civil War to protect the city and its pro-Union state government. Although the Commonwealth of Kentucky did

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• Union Army

  The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National

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• Border states (American Civil War)

  In the context of the American Civil War, the term border states refers to the five slave states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia, which bordered a free state and were aligned with

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• Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

  followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. State militias in the seceding states occupied federal forts and confiscated the contents of federal arsenals. The upper South (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky

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• Gordon Granger

  Gordon Granger (November 6, 1822 – January 10, 1876) was a career U.S. army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Chickamauga. Granger was born

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• Lew Wallace

  Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was a lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil War, American statesman, and author, best remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of

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• George B. McClellan

  For other people of the same name, see George McClellan (disambiguation). George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of

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• Henry Wager Halleck

  Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872) was a United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory, "Old Brains

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• Kit Carson

  For other uses, see Kit Carson (disambiguation). Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. Carson left home in rural present-day Missouri at an early age and became

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• Confederate States of America

  For the 2004 film, see C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and the CSA) was an unrecognized state set up from

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• Origins of the American Civil War

  For events following South Carolina's declaration of secession from the Union, see Battle of Fort Sumter and American Civil War. The main explanation for the origins of the American Civil War is slavery, especially

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• Arizona Territory (Confederate States of America)

  The Territory of Arizona was a territory claimed by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, between 1861 and 1865. It consisted of the portion of the New Mexico Territory south of

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• Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War

  This is a list of events leading to the American Civil War. See also Origins of the American Civil War. The first act concerning slavery in the United States was the Northwest Ordinance Act of

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• Uncle Tom's Cabin

  This article is about the mid-19th century novel. For other uses, see Uncle Tom's Cabin (disambiguation). Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author

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• Emancipation Proclamation

  Template:Pp-semi-vandalism The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared the freedom of

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• Franklin-Nashville Campaign

  The Franklin-Nashville Campaign, also known as Hood's Tennessee Campaign, was a series of battles in the Western Theater, conducted from September 18 to December 27, 1864, in Alabama, Tennessee, and northwestern Georgia during

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• Sherman's March to the Sea

  This article is about the historical event. For Ross McElwee's 1986 documentary, see Sherman's March (1986 film). For the 2007 TV documentary, see Sherman's March (2007 film). Sherman's March to the

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• Western Theater of the American Civil War

  This article presents an overview of major military and naval operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Western Theater was an area defined by both geography and the sequence of campaigning

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• Tullahoma Campaign

  The Tullahoma Campaign or Middle Tennessee Campaign was fought between June 24 and July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War. The Union Army of the Cumberland, commanded by Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, outmaneuvered

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