On the Confederate side, General Albert Sidney…

November 1861 CE

On the Confederate side, General Albert Sidney Johnston commands all forces from Arkansas to the Cumberland Gap.

He is faced with the problem of defending a broad front with numerically inferior forces, but he has an excellent system of lateral communications, permitting him to move troops rapidly where they are needed, and he has two able subordinates, Polk and Major General William J. Hardee.

Johnston also gains political support from secessionists in central and western counties of Kentucky via a new Confederate capital at Bowling Green, set up by the Russellville Convention.

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Bowling Green Warren Kentucky United States View →

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Albert Sidney Johnston View → Leonidas Polk View → William J. Hardee 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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