Federal General William “Bull” Nelson is shot to death by fellow General Jefferson C. Davis after longstanding animosities boil over in a Louisville hotel.
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The Battle of Richmond
Edmund Kirby Smith’s Confederate army confronts a small Federal force in the first full-scale battle of Smith’s incursion into Kentucky.
The People are Universally Hostile to Our Cause
One Confederate army leaves Chattanooga and begins moving north toward Kentucky, while another is already in Kentucky and preparing for battle.