Battle of Mill Springs

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The Battle of Mill Springs was an early Union victory in the American Civil War, fought in Kentucky in January 1862, that helped secure Union control of the border state and elevated George H. Thomas’s reputation as a capable commander.

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Battle of Mill Springs canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Fishing Creek ⓘ
Battle of Logan’s Cross Roads ⓘ
associatedWith Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Kentucky campaign of 1861–1862 ⓘ
commander Felix Zollicoffer ⓘ
George B. Crittenden ⓘ
George Henry Thomas ⓘ
linked to: George H. Thomas
ConfederateCasualties approximately 533 ⓘ
ConfederateCommander Felix Zollicoffer ⓘ
George B. Crittenden ⓘ
ConfederateStrength approximately 5,900 soldiers ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date January 19, 1862 ⓘ
endDate 1862-01-19 ⓘ
engagementType land battle ⓘ
followedBy Union offensives in the Western Theater ⓘ
front Cumberland River line ⓘ
frontlineRiver Cumberland River ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
killedCommander Felix Zollicoffer ⓘ
location Pulaski County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wayne County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Confederate advance into south-central Kentucky ⓘ
preservationStatus partially preserved battlefield ⓘ
region border state of Kentucky ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
significance boosted Union morale in early 1862 ⓘ
early major Union victory in the Western Theater ⓘ
elevated George H. Thomas’s reputation as a capable commander ⓘ
helped secure Union control of Kentucky ⓘ
startDate 1862-01-19 ⓘ
state Kentucky ⓘ
terrain wooded, rolling terrain near Logan’s Cross Roads ⓘ
timeOfDay morning engagement ⓘ
UnionArmyUnit Army of the Ohio ⓘ
UnionCasualties approximately 262 ⓘ
UnionCommander George Henry Thomas ⓘ
linked to: George H. Thomas
UnionDivision First Division, Army of the Ohio ⓘ
UnionStrength approximately 4,400 soldiers ⓘ
weather fought in cold, wet winter conditions ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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George H. Thomas → notableBattle → Battle of Mill Springs ⓘ
George Henry Thomas → notableBattle → Battle of Mill Springs ⓘ
subject linked to: Henry