Exploring the most important 55 months in American history
Confederate commanders bicker over where their troops should be positioned, hindering their chances to hold western Virginia.
Ulysses S. Grant counters the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by invading the state with a force of his own.
Kentucky’s neutrality, which had been in question for several months, officially ends with the Confederate occupation of Columbus.
Abraham Lincoln addresses the delicate issue of John C. Fremont’s proclamation imposing martial law in Missouri and freeing slaves belonging to disloyal masters.