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    The Confederate Heartland Offensive (August 14 – October 10, 1862), also known as the Kentucky Campaign, was an American Civil War campaign conducted...
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    Battle of Perryville (category Confederate Heartland Offensive)
    as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland Offensive (Kentucky Campaign) during the American Civil War. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of...
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    Battle of Richmond (category Confederate Heartland Offensive)
    join the Confederate Army. First to move was Smith, leading the Confederate Army of Kentucky, whose ideas provided the initiative for the offensive. General...
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    Battle of Munfordville (category Confederate Heartland Offensive)
    allowed the Confederates to temporarily strengthen their hold on the region and impair Union supply lines. On August 26, 1862, Confederate Gen. Braxton...
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  • First Battle of Murfreesboro (category Confederate Heartland Offensive)
    Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the American Civil War. Troops under Confederate cavalry commander Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest surprised and quickly...
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  • into eastern Kentucky during the Confederate Heartland Offensive. The army was drawn from troops of the Confederate Department of Eastern Tennessee, which...
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    the entire river. Bragg's second invasion of Kentucky in the Confederate Heartland Offensive included initial successes such as Kirby Smith's triumph at...
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  • First Battle of Chattanooga (category Confederate Heartland Offensive)
    ordered the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry out to reconnoiter. It found the Confederates entrenched on the opposite side of the river along the banks and atop...
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    Battle of the Cumberland Gap (1862) (category Confederate Heartland Offensive)
    leading to Union occupation of the Cumberland Gap for three months. The Confederates held a long line of fortifications across Kentucky, Tennessee and into...
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    Defense of Cincinnati (category Confederate Heartland Offensive)
    as the Confederate Heartland Offensive or Kentucky Campaign of the American Civil War, from September 1 through September 13, 1862. Confederate Brigadier...
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  • soldiers killed in action vary from 8 to 32. Sources for the number of Confederate soldiers killed are consistent at 52. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Mill Springs"...
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    Third Corps Forrest's Cavalry Corps — Nathan Bedford Forrest Confederate Heartland Offensive Battle of Stones River Chickamauga Campaign Battles of Chattanooga...
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    part of the route Confederate General Braxton Bragg marched the Army of Mississippi through on his Confederate Heartland Offensive into Kentucky. Later...
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    Edward C. Walthall (category Confederate States Army major generals)
    April 11, 1862, and fought at the Siege of Corinth and in the Confederate Heartland Offensive. Commanding one of the Army of Tennessee's brigades during...
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    The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway...
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    the failure of the Confederate Heartland Offensive to take Kentucky firmly from August to October 1862, the Kentucky Confederate government, as of 1863...
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    Battle of Riggins Hill (category Confederate Heartland Offensive)
    drove off the Confederates after a struggle lasting less than an hour. The action occurred during the Confederate Heartland Offensive but only affected...
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    William J. Hardee (category Confederate States Army lieutenant generals)
    subsequently moved his army to Chattanooga before embarking on his Confederate Heartland Offensive into Kentucky. That campaign concluded with the Battle of Perryville...
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    War portal United States portal First Battle of Murfreesboro Confederate Heartland Offensive or Kentucky Campaign. Battle of Perryville Troop engagements...
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    Battle of Augusta (1862) (category Confederate Heartland Offensive)
    simultaneous Confederate offensive of the war. Meanwhile, Buell was forced to abandon his slow advance toward Chattanooga. Receiving word of the Confederate movements...
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  • Laurel County, Kentucky during the campaign known as the Kentucky Confederate Offensive or Operations in Eastern Kentucky (1861). The battle is considered...
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    the Union expedition (raid) against Chattanooga during the Confederate Heartland Offensive. The expedition proved to be a successful demonstration of...
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  • pursuit of the Army of Tennessee into Kentucky during the Confederate Heartland Offensive between October 1 and 16, including the Battle of Perryville...
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    Robert C. Tyler (category Confederate States Army brigadier generals)
    Provost-Marshal General of the Army of Tennessee during the Confederate Heartland Offensive. After the Battle of Stones River, the depleted 15th Tennessee...
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    Patrick Cleburne (category Confederate States Army major generals)
    transported to Tennessee in preparation of Braxton Bragg's Confederate Heartland Offensive. In that campaign, Cleburne was loaned to Edmund Kirby Smith...
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    John Pegram (general) (category Confederate States Army brigadier generals)
    general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He became the first former U.S. Army officer to be captured in Confederate service in 1861...
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    Joseph Wheeler (category Confederate States Army lieutenant generals)
    Brigade of the Left Wing in the Army of Mississippi. During the Confederate Heartland Offensive, Wheeler aggressively maintained contact with the U.S. Army...
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    Battle of Barbourville (category Confederate victories of the American Civil War)
    to the offensive on October 16. List of battles fought in Kentucky This should not be confused with the 1862 Confederate Heartland Offensive or Kentucky...
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    John Hunt Morgan (category Confederate States Army brigadier generals)
    success of Morgan's raid was one of the key reasons that the Confederate Heartland Offensive of Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith was launched later...
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    began the Kentucky Campaign, also known as the Confederate Heartland Offensive. Although the Confederates won the bloody Battle of Perryville, Bragg retreated...
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