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1860's
Events
Boone County
Kentucky
U.S. & World
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Events
Boone County
September 25,
1862
- Leading elements of
Morgan
's Raiders, local Confederate colonel Basil Duke captures Federal troops at
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.