Kentucky Civil War Map of Battles

September 19, 1861 Barbourville October 21, 1861 Camp Wildcat / Wildcat Mountain November 8-9, 1861 Ivy Mountain / Ivy Creek / Ivy Narrows December 17, 1861 Rowlett's Station / Woodsonville / Green River January 10, 1862 Middle Creek January 19, 1862 Mill Springs / Logan's Cross-Roads / Fishing Creek August 29-30, 1862 Richmond September 14-17, 1862 Munfordville / Green River Bridge October 8, 1862 Perryville March 25, 1864 Paducah June 11-12, 1864 Cynthiana / Kellar's Bridge

Commonwealth of Kentucky Kentucky is one of four states to call itself a "commonwealth." In 1792 when Kentucky became the 15th state—the first on the western frontier—both "commonwealth" and "state" were used. Commonwealth, meaning government based on the common consent of the people, dates to the time of Oliver Cromwell's England in the mid-1600s. The other U.S. commonwealths, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia, were originally British colonies. Kentucky, once part of Virginia, chose to remain a commonwealth when it separated from Virginia.

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