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Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan leads a lengthy raid through Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia in an attempt to draw Union troops from the Vicksburg and Gettysburg campaign fronts. Many of his men hailed from Jessamine County and the Bluegrass region.

President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation that frees enslaved people in the rebellious states and authorized the enlistment of African Americans in the US military. The border states of Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland were excluded from the terms of the proclamation.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court John McLean, an anti-slavery egalitarian Methodist from Nicholasville, was one of two justices to dissent to the majority ruling of the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. The ruling stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and could not, therefore, expect protection from the Federal government or the courts.

General Burnside orders the establishment of Camp Nelson, a fortified supply depot to support a military campaign to East Tennessee.

Skirmish at Hickman Bridge on the Kentucky River, near the site that became Camp Nelson.

Major General Ambrose Burnside appointed to command the reorganized Department of the Ohio. All troops are organized into the Army of the Ohio.

Battle of Perryville is a tactical US victory that ended the Confederate invasion of Kentucky. It was the largest battle fought in Kentucky during the war.

Confederate victory at the Battle of Richmond, which led to their brief occupation of the capital at Frankfort.

US victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson along the Tennessee—Kentucky border open the Deep South to invasion.

Battle of Mill Springs in Nancy, Kentucky – a significant US victory that solidified Union support in Kentucky.

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