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Although the highlight of the event is a Civil War battle reenactment, visitors can also experience abundant living history demonstrations and exhibits, ranging from Civil War era medical displays, cavalry demonstrations, food from the period, and more.
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With Gen. Kirby Smith’s Confederate victory at the Battle of Richmond, the state of Kentucky was opened to southern invasion, which eventually led to the capture of Frankfort on September 2, 1862, the only Union capital to fall to the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Mar 26, 2024 · The center of Confederate manufacturing fueled a modern war, one of the South’s largest hospitals gave care to the sick and wounded, and armies battled on open fields and in miles of defensive earthworks. From 1861 to 1865, Richmond’s fate would determine America’s future.
Kentucky, US. Experience history come alive at The Battle of Richmond Reenactment! Join us during the last week of August each year as hundreds of reenactors and living historians gather to recreate the Civil War era.
The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, fought August 29–30, 1862, was one of the most complete Confederate victories in the war by Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against Union major general William "Bull" Nelson's forces, which were defending the town. It was the first major battle in the Kentucky Campaign. The battle took place on and around ...
Mar 23, 2015 · During the course of the Civil War, the Confederate capital at Richmond faced many threats from Federal troops, her inhabitants gradually growing accustomed to the sound of artillery fire just outside the city. But by the early spring of 1865, the nature of this hazard had intensified significantly.
Aug 30, 2022 · Thousands turned out last weekend to watch the annual reenactment of the 1862 Battle of Richmond — the first time the battle was held in two years. Like the actual battle fought over the...
