Confederate Heartland Offensive

Confederate Heartland Offensive
Kentucky Campaign
Part of the Western Theater of the American Civil War
Map of Western Theater of the American Civil War, from Corinth, Mississippi, to Perryville, Kentucky
Operational scopeStrategic offensive
Location
37°30′N 85°00′W / 37.5°N 85°W / 37.5; -85
Commanded byConfederate States of America Gen. Braxton Bragg
DateAugust 14 – October 10, 1862
Executed byArmy of Mississippi
OutcomeUnion victory
Kentucky is located in the United States
Kentucky
Kentucky
Location of Kentucky within the United States

The Confederate Heartland Offensive (August 14 – October 10, 1862), also known as the Kentucky Campaign, was an American Civil War campaign conducted by the Confederate States Army in Tennessee and Kentucky where Generals Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith tried to draw neutral Kentucky into the Confederacy by outflanking Union troops under Major General Don Carlos Buell. Though they scored some successes, notably a tactical win at Perryville, they soon retreated, leaving Kentucky primarily under Union control for the rest of the war.