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1. emergingcivilwar.com › 2020/11/06 › the-bluffs-atThe Bluffs at Columbus, Kentucky - Emerging Civil War

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   Nov 6, 2020 · The Columbus-Belmont State Park, located in western Kentucky, commemorates the Battle of Belmont, which was fought in Missouri. The great guns of Columbus were used to advantage during the fight, but Union and Confederate troops bloodied and alternately routed each other on Missouri’s shores.

2. eakycivilwar.blogspot.com › 2018 › 02Eastern Kentucky and the Civil War: Union Burials in Eastern ...

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   Feb 6, 2018 · This is the second post in a series dealing with Union burials in Eastern Kentucky. It focuses on burials in Lawrence County. Throughout the years I have received numerous inquiries regarding the burial sites of Union soldiers who died in Eastern Kentucky during the Civil War.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kentucky_in_the_AmericanKentucky in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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   Kentucky was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union Army for assistance.

4. www.battlefields.org › learn › articlesA House Divided: Civil War Kentucky - American Battlefield Trust

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   Apr 16, 2010 · For the first few months of war, the Union and Confederate armies stayed out of Kentucky. That changed when Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk ordered a Confederate invasion of Columbus for September 4, 1861. Columbus was a port town on the Mississippi.

5. apps.legislature.ky.gov › LegislativeMomentsKentucky’s Civil War: Columbus

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   Kentucky’s Civil War: Columbus. Historical Marker #528 at Columbus-Belmont State Park in Hickman County discusses Columbus’s role during the Civil War. In early September 1861, Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk took Columbus.

6. www.battlefields.org › visit › battlefieldsVisit Belmont Battlefield - American Battlefield Trust

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   Belmont Battlefield. Columbus-Belmont State Park in Columbus, Kentucky, commemorates the Battle of Belmont fought on November 7, 1861: Ulysses S. Grant’s first test as a battlefield commander in the Civil War.

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   Who was Kentucky in the American Civil War?

   • Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kentucky in the American Civil War. History of the 13th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA, also known as 'Caudill's Army', a Confederate regiment which operated for the course of the war in the Appalachian Mountains of Southeastern Kentucky, Southwestern Virginia, and Northeastern Tennessee.

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   Why was Kentucky important in the Civil War?

   • Kentucky was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union Army for assistance.

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   How did the Confederate Army enlist in Kentucky?

   • Army recruiters from both sides entered Kentucky to enlist volunteers, and each army amassed troops along the state’s borders. Within Kentucky, the rival factions organized militias — Confederate sympathizers called themselves the State Guards, while Unionists became the Home Guards.

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8. explorekyhistory.ky.gov › items › showColumbus, Kentucky - ExploreKYHistory

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   Historical Marker #528 at Columbus-Belmont State Park in Hickman County discusses Columbus's role during the Civil War. In early September 1861, Confederate General Leonidas Polk took Columbus.