The state of Kentucky, with a pro-Confederate…

September 1861 CE

The state of Kentucky, with a pro-Confederate governor and a pro-Union legislature, has declared neutrality between the opposing sides.

This neutrality is first violated on September 3, when Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk occupies Columbus, considered key to controlling the Lower Mississippi.

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Columbus Hickman Kentucky United States View →

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Leonidas Polk View → Ulysses S. Grant View →

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Kentucky, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Western Theater of the American Civil War View →

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