Camp Wildcat Civil War Battlefield

Kentucky

Old Wilderness Road
East Bernstadt, KY 40729, USA

The October 1861 Battle of Wildcat Mountain was the earliest major Civil War battle and first Union victory in Kentucky. This action was part of Confederate Gen. Felix Zollicoffer's Mill Springs campaign.

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