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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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