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===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * September 25, [[1862]] - Leading elements of [[general john hunt morgan|Morgan]]'s Raiders, local Confederate colonel Basil Duke captures Federal troops at [[skirmish_at_snow_s_pond|Snow's Pond]].
==== Kentucky ====
  * [[1860]] - Gov. Beriah Magoffin signs the bill in to law establishing the Kentucky State Guard.
  * [[1863]] - Martial law is declared in order to help protect the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from Confederate attack.
  * October 8, [[1862]] - The Battle of Perryville begins.  This battle would prove to be the bloodiest ever to occur on Kentucky soil.
==== U.S. & World ====
  * Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States twice and is assassinated shortly into his second term.
  * April [[1861]] - The United States becomes embroiled in a Civil War.
  * [[1863]] - The Emancipation Proclamation abolishes [[slavery]] in Union territory.