<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Lebanon </Li> <Li> 1st Chattanooga </Li> <Li> 1st Murfreesboro </Li> <Li> Cumberland Gap </Li> <Li> Cincinnati </Li> <Li> Richmond </Li> <Li> Munfordville </Li> <Li> Augusta </Li> <Li> Perryville </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Lebanon </Li> <Li> 1st Chattanooga </Li> <Li> 1st Murfreesboro </Li> <Li> Cumberland Gap </Li> <Li> Cincinnati </Li> <Li> Richmond </Li> <Li> Munfordville </Li> <Li> Augusta </Li> <Li> Perryville </Li> </Ul> <P> The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, fought August 29--30, 1862, was a stunning Confederate victory by Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against Union major general, William "Bull" Nelson's forces, defending the town . It was the first major battle in the Kentucky Campaign . The battle took place on and around what is now the grounds of the Blue Grass Army Depot, outside Richmond, Kentucky . </P> <P> In the fall of 1862, two Confederate armies moved on separate paths into Kentucky, hoping to restore the Confederate government of that state into power, threaten Union cities along the Ohio River, and recruit men to join the army . First to move was Kirby Smith, leading the Confederate Army of Kentucky, whose ideas provided the initiative for the offensive . General Braxton Bragg, commanding the Army of Mississippi, moved on a roughly parallel track to the west . Smith departed Knoxville on August 13, Bragg left Chattanooga on August 27 . </P>

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