Confederate Heartland Offensive

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The Confederate Heartland Offensive was a major 1862 American Civil War campaign in which Confederate forces attempted to carry the war into the Union states of Kentucky and beyond to sway border-state loyalty and gain strategic advantage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War campaign ⓘ
aimedAt Union states of Kentucky and potentially Ohio and Indiana ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kentucky Campaign ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
campaignIncludes Battle of Munfordville ⓘ
Battle of Perryville ⓘ
Battle of Richmond, Kentucky ⓘ
Confederate invasion of Kentucky (1862) ⓘ
commandStructure Braxton Bragg commanded the Confederate Army of Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Braxton Bragg

Edmund Kirby Smith commanded the Confederate Army of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Kirby Smith
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
endDate 1862-10 ⓘ
followedBy Union Heartland Counteroffensive in Kentucky and Tennessee ⓘ
geopoliticalRegion American border states ⓘ
involvedForce Army of Kentucky (Confederate) ⓘ
linked to: Army of Kentucky

Army of Mississippi ⓘ
Army of the Ohio ⓘ
locationCountry United States ⓘ
militarySignificance largest Confederate incursion into Kentucky in 1862 ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Perryville on 1862-10-08 ⓘ
objective carry the war into Union territory ⓘ
influence Kentucky to join the Confederacy or adopt open neutrality ⓘ
recruit Confederate sympathizers in Kentucky ⓘ
secure supplies and provisions from Kentucky ⓘ
threaten Union control of the Ohio River Valley ⓘ
opposingCommander Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Horatio G. Wright ⓘ
opposingForceCommander Don Carlos Buell commanded the Union Army of the Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Don Carlos Buell
outcomeEffect Confederate hopes of bringing Kentucky into the Confederacy were largely dashed ⓘ
Kentucky remained under Union control ⓘ
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
politicalGoal encourage foreign recognition of the Confederacy through a major victory on Union soil ⓘ
sway border-state loyalty ⓘ
precededBy Confederate Kentucky Campaign planning of 1862 ⓘ
primaryCommander Braxton Bragg ⓘ
Edmund Kirby Smith ⓘ
result Confederate withdrawal from Kentucky ⓘ
Union strategic victory ⓘ
startDate 1862-08 ⓘ
strategicContext Confederate attempt to shift the war’s focus away from the Deep South ⓘ
Confederate effort to relieve pressure on Mississippi and Tennessee fronts ⓘ
theater Kentucky ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
northern Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Northern Alabama
year 1862 ⓘ

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Battle of Richmond battlefield → associatedWithCampaign → Confederate Heartland Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Richmond battlefield → significantFor → Confederate Heartland Offensive in Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Confederate Heartland Offensive
Battle of Perryville → partOf → Confederate Heartland Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Perryville → climaxOf → Confederate Heartland Offensive ⓘ
Perryville, Kentucky → battleCampaign → Confederate Heartland Offensive ⓘ
Kentucky Campaign (Bragg’s Invasion of Kentucky) → alsoKnownAs → Confederate Heartland Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Richmond, Kentucky → partOf → Confederate Heartland Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Munfordville → partOf → Confederate Heartland Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Chaplin Hills → partOf → Confederate Heartland Offensive ⓘ