Invasion of Kentucky as Bragg and Buell Clash
Detailed narrative of Bragg and Buell campaigns in Kentucky during 1862. Describes Morgan’s raids, Confederate mov es from Knoxville and Lexington toward Frankfort, Perryville and Richmond, Wallace’s defense of Cincinnati, the surrender at Munfordville, and the Perryville battle with leaders Bragg Polk Smith and Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Kirby Smith
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Len. Wallace
William Nelson
Col. Wilder
Leonidas Polk
Columbus
Corinth
Beauregard
Department of the Mississippi
Braxton Bragg
Tupelo
Miss
Mobile and Ohio
Bragg
Chattanooga
Tenn
Knoxville
East Tennessee
Cumberland Mountains
West Point
United States
Stone River
Gen. Canby
Baton Rouge
Lexington
Ohio River
Ohio
Louisville
Frankfort
Buell
George W. Morgan
Cumberland Gap
Stevenson
Richmond
Stonewall Jackson
Smith
Blue Grass
Heth
Covington
Lew Wallace
Wallace
Newport
Indiana
Gen. Buell
Don Carlos Buell
Marietta
Shiloh
Bardstown
Polk
Bryantsville
Richard Hawes
United States Congress
Bloomfield Bragg
Bryantville
Perryville
Cheathorn
Frankford
Louisiana
Raleigh
N. C
Chickamauga
Johnston
Atlanta
Bishop Polk
Imposing Co
Doors
Bragg Forces Demand Surrender at Munfordsville Bridge
On September 15 Bragg's cavalry under Gen J R Chalmers reached Munfordville on Green River. A Federal garrison of about 2000 under Col J T Wilder held the bridge where the Louisville and Nashville line crossed. After Bragg's artillery and infantry arrived Wilder refused the demand to surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murfreesboro
Nelson Forrest
Nelson
Forrest
Nashville
McMinnville
Tenn
Buell
Chattanooga
Memphis
Charleston
Tennessee River
Thomas
Robt. L. McCook
Alabama
Beautiful Spring Grove
Cincinnati
Crittenden
McCook
Battle Creek
Rousseau
Decatur and Columbia
Nashville and Chattanooga
Bragg
Richmond
M. D. Manson
Lew Wallace
Indiana
Kirby Smith
Kentucky
Frankfort
Louisville
Manson
Big Hill
Ohio
Lincoln
Confederate Veterans of
Cruft
Donelson
Rogersville
Seventy-first Indiana
Melville D. Topping
Terre Haute
Topping
Gen. Nelson
Meade
Army of the Ohio
West Point
Fores
Col. Wilder
Munfordsville
Fifty-seventh
Wilder
Prewitt’s Knob
Negley
Bardstown
Lovell H. Rousseau
Army of the Cumberland
Shiloh
Perryville
Chickamauga
Congress
Alaska
New Orleans
Lexington
William Nelson
Jeff. C. Davis
Maysville
WM. Nelson
United States Navy
Nel
Gen
Galt House
Davis
Cave Hill Cemetery
A. McD. McCook
Thomas L. Crittenden
Charles C. Gilbert
Gilbert
Halieck
Washington
Harrodsburg
Lebanon Road
J. J. Crittenden
Thomas L
George B
United States
Liverpool
Taylor
Stone River
Daniel McCook
Philip Sheridan
Jackson
Doctor’s Fork
Chaplin Creek
Chaplin
Gen. Terrell
Starkweather
Terrell
Hardee
Cheatham
Buckner
8. R. Anderson
Maxville
Jamess. Jackson
Anderson
W. H. Lytle
Len A. Harris
Lytle
Egypt
Army of the Cumberland Society
Harris
Webster
Russell
Gooding
Sheridan
Cannister
Carlin
J. R. Chalmers
Green River
J. T. Wilder
Louisville and Nashville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Munfordsaville
Krace and Chase
Kentucky and
Tennessee
John H. Morgan
Lebanon
Cynthiana
Basil Duke
Augusta
Wm. Courtland Prentice
George D. Prentice
Louisville Journal
Clarksville
Huntsville
Ala
Haileck
St. Louis
Halleck
E. Kirby Smith
Genelson
N. B. Forrest
Rosecrans
Mission Ridge
Grant
Galveston
Tex
Paris
Jefferson County
Col
Henry Dent
Col. Dent
Sill