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NEWS RELEASE Sweetheart of a Deal: 10 Kentucky Civil War sites to feature summertime week of activities. 2005 Central Kentucky Civil War Heritage Trail July 18-24 aimed at families, vacationers
November 18, 2004
NEWS RELEASE 2005 Kentucky Civil War Heritage Trail July 18-24 will showcase diverse sites - Week-long event offers daily activities, special events geared to heritage education July 2004
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Central Kentucky Civil War Heritage Trail 2008
Civil War sites throughout central Kentucky are once again teaming up to present a full week of activities as part of the 2008 Central Kentucky Civil War Heritage Trail.

The Trail is a cooperative effort to showcase diverse Civil War heritage resources to the public. Scheduled for May 10 - 18, 2008, this fifth annual event has been expanded to offer even more opportunities for families, visitors and Civil War enthusiasts alike.

"This heritage trail provides a wonderful opportunity to visit many of Kentucky's important Civil War sites at one time, " says David L. Morgan, executive director of the Kentucky Heritage Council and State Historic Preservation Officer. "All of these sites have creative, interactive events planned, and visitors can choose to attend just one or visit all the sites. Most important, the tour gives these sites the opportunity to pool their resources and talents to show a national audience what transpired in Kentucky during the Civil War period."

For a pleasant adventure and thrilling experience, please join us for the 2008 Central Kentucky Civil War Heritage Trail event!

Participating Sites List ("Click" Site To Visit Website)
  • 10 May - Richmond
    The Battle of Richmond was the second largest Civil War battle in Kentucky and the most overwhelming Confederate victory of the entire Civil War.
  • 11 May - Munfordville
  • 12 May - Perryville
    On October 8, 1862, 18,000 Confederates clashed with 55,000 Union troops on the hills outside of Perryville. Nearly 7,500 soldiers were killed and wounded in Kentucky's largest Civil War battle. The Confederate failure to attain a decisive victory kept Kentucky in Union hands for the remainder of the war, stands as the High Water Mark of the Confederacy in the Western Theater, and marked the last major incursion of Confederate forces into the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  • 13 May - Tebbs Bend
    On July 4, 1863, at the beginning of what would become Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s Great Raid into Indiana and Ohio, a significant battle took place in Taylor County, Kentucky. This battle was fought just south of Campbellsville, Kentucky near a bend in the Green River known as Tebbs Bend.
  • Lexington
    Home of several Civil War era personalities including Mary Todd Lincoln, Gen. John Hunt Morgan, and Gen. John Cabell Breckinridge
  • 14 May - Frankfort - Fort Hill
    In 1864 local militia soldiers repulsed an attack on Frankfort by the Confederate cavalry raiders.
  • 15 May - Mill Springs
  • 16 May - Camp Wildcat
  • 17 May - Civil War Fort At Boonesboro
    Constructed in 1863 by African American soldiers, the Civil War Fort at Boonesboro was designed to protect the ford and ferry at Boonesboro from Confederate invasions.
  • 18 May - Camp Nelson
    Camp Nelson was not only the largest Union Army supply depot in Kentucky, but also one of the biggest recruitment centers for African American soldiers in the whole country.
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