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General Polk Invades Kentucky
Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the
state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
The act will have many repercussions. The Confederate Secretary of War
orders Polk to withdraw but is overruled by President Davis
Fremont had planned on ordering Grant to occupy Kentucky but is beaten to
the punch by Polk.
Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the
state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
The act will have many repercussions. The Confederate Secretary of War
orders Polk to withdraw but is overruled by President Davis
Fremont had planned on ordering Grant to occupy Kentucky but is beaten to
the punch by Polk.