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of 1,202 votes cast in Jessamine County, only three are for the Kentucky-born presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln.

American Civil War begins after Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

Kentucky State government declares neutrality. An estimated two-thirds of White Kentuckians supported the U.S. government.

Pro-Unionist state legislature elected in Kentucky.

Camp Dick Robinson is established by General William “Bull” Nelson in nearby Garrard County as the first US Army enlistment center in Kentucky.

Kentucky ends neutrality and supports the United States as a Border State – a slave state that remained in the Union.

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

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

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

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.

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