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This is an incomplete list of military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Kentucky since European contact. The region was part of New France from 1679 to 1763, ruled by Great Britain from 1763 to 1783, and part of the United States from 1783 to present.

Several wars that have directly affected the region including the French and Indian War (1754–1763), American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), Northwest Indian War (1785–1795), Tecumseh's War (1811–1812), War of 1812 (1812–1814), and the American Civil War (1861–1865).

Battles

See also

• History of Kentucky
• Kentucky in the American Civil War

Notes

1. Bellevue. Arcadia Publishing (2005). 2005. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7385-4168-6. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
2. Lincoln County Historical Society (May 2001). Lincoln County, Kentucky. Turner Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 9781563117893. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
3. Kennedy, Frances H. (June 10, 2014). The American Revolution: An Historical Guidebook (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 217–218. ISBN 978-0199324224. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
4. This action has no official name.
5. Led by Simon Girty and Col Alexander McKee
6. Mahan, Russell, The Kentucky Kidnappings and Death March: The Revolutionary War at Ruddell's Fort and Martin's Station (West Haven, UT: Historical Enterprises), 2020.
7. Various sources cite different dates. The Kentucky Encyclopedia (1992) simply states "1780". The source for this date is William Henry Perrin, History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.), 1882.
8. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Barbourville". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
9. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Camp Wildcat". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
10. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Ivy Mountain". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
11. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Rowlett's Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
12. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Middle Creek". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
13. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Middle Creek". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
14. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Richmond". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
15. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Munfordville". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
16. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Perryville". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
17. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Paducah". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
18. Sources for the number of Union soldiers killed in action vary from 8 to 32. Sources for the number of Confederate soldiers killed are consistent at 52.
19. "CWSAC Battle Summary: Mill Springs". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
20. Link to the state marker and the mass grave.
21. Henry C. Magruder, a Kentucky bushwhacker, took credit for the action. He claimed that he had fifteen men with him, including William Quantrill and Marcellus Jerome Clarke. See, Craig, Berry. Hidden History of Kentucky in the Civil War (Charleston, SC: The History Press), 2010, pp. 109-110.

• Battles of the American Revolutionary War in Kentucky
• Kentucky in the American Civil War
• Kentucky history-related lists
• Battles in Kentucky
• Lists of battles