01/24/1860
Entire legislatures of Kentucky and Tennessee gather in Louisville, Kentucky Business/Industry
01/25/1860
Entire legislatures of Kentucky and Tennessee leave Louisville, Kentucky for Cincinatti, Ohio Lawmaking/Litigating
12/31/1856
Fire destroys the Medical School Building at the University of Louisville Crime/Disasters
06/06/1865
In a Louisville, Kentucky prison, notorious Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill dies of wounds Personal
02/05/1866
In Cincinnati, the United States Mail Steamboat Company replaces the tubular boilers on its new boat Business/Industry
10/23/1860
In Kentucky, "fire-eater" William Lowndes Yancey stumps for Breckinridge Campaigns/Elections
09/18/1860
In Kentucky, Louisville and Nashville Railroad open their latest section between Louisville and Clarksville, Tennessee Business/Industry
05/10/1865
In Kentucky, notorious Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill is wounded and captured Battles/Soldiers
05/15/1863
In Kentucky, Union troops capture Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner's furniture Personal
04/06/1861
In Kentucky, Unionist John M. Delph easily wins election as the mayor of Louisville Campaigns/Elections
11/26/1860
In Louisville, Kentucky, a large Unionist meeting resolves to support the Constitution and seek compromise Lawmaking/Litigating
02/22/1866
In Louisville, Kentucky, a mass meeting requests the withdrawal of the Freedmen's Bureau from the state. Campaigns/Elections
03/15/1865
In Louisville, Kentucky, captured Confederate guerrilla M. Jerome Clarke, rumored to be "Sue Mundy," is executed for murder Battles/Soldiers
05/15/1863
In Tennessee, Julius Mileke, Union Army deserter, is executed at a public crossroads outside Nashville Crime/Disasters
05/06/1859
Joseph Brown Smith, the first fully blind American college graduate, dies in Louisville, Kentucky Personal
11/18/1860
Louisville to New Orleans steamboat burns near Uniontown, Kentucky and eight die Crime/Disasters
08/21/1865
On the Mississippi, a steamboat explosion kills up to ten people, including Ohio infantrymen heading home Crime/Disasters
09/18/1861
Robert Anderson, hero of Fort Sumter, takes command of Kentucky's military forces Battles/Soldiers
04/25/1859
Seven foot nine inch tall James D. Porter, "the Kentucky Giant," dies in his sleep, aged 49 Personal
09/19/1860
T.D. Rice, black-face minstrel originator of the "Jim Crow" character, dies in New York City Education/Culture
01/27/1860
- 01/28/1860
The legislatures of Kentucky and Tennessee are hosted lavishly in Cincinatti, Ohio Business/Industry
01/26/1860
The legislatures of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee meet in convention in Columbus, Ohio Business/Industry
09/18/1861
U.S. Post Office excludes "disloyal" Louisville newspaper from its mails and post offices Lawmaking/Litigating
10/08/1861
William Tecumseh Sherman takes command of the Department of the Cumberland, replacing Robert Anderson Battles/Soldiers
