Kirby Smith Invades Kentucky

Kirby Smith Invades Kentucky is a Tennessee historical marker in Campbell County.

Campbell Co. TN 9 (US 25W),Kentucky 7 miles southeast of Jellico

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Heth's Division, with the army's artillery and subsistence trains, passed into Kentucky through Walker's and Big Creek Gaps, while other combat elements of the Army of East Tennessee moved through Roger's Gap. The two columns reunited at Barbourville, moving thence to Richmond, Ky., where on Aug. 30, they routed the Federal force under Maj. Gen. William Nelson.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Tennassee Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · Map Of Kentucky. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Williamsburg, Kentucky (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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