12/27/1860
Alabama's commissioner to Kentucky warns Governor Magoffin of race war under Republican rule Campaigns/Elections
01/10/1860
Cassius Clay speaks for more than three hours from the Capitol steps in Frankfort, Kentucky Slavery/Abolition
09/04/1861
Confederate troops invade western Kentucky and bring the state's efforts to remain neutral to an end Battles/Soldiers
04/16/1861
Governor Magoffin of Kentucky refuses troops for "the wicked purpose" of subduing the South Lawmaking/Litigating
09/07/1861
In Frankfort, the Kentucky House of Representatives votes to hoist the Union flag over the state capitol Lawmaking/Litigating
01/09/1860
Kentucky Democratic Convention chooses James Guthrie as its candidate for president Campaigns/Elections
03/30/1860
Kentucky Military Institute partially destroyed by fire Crime/Disasters
09/18/1861
Robert Anderson, hero of Fort Sumter, takes command of Kentucky's military forces Battles/Soldiers
05/24/1861
The Kentucky Senate votes for neutrality but resolves to hold with the Union Lawmaking/Litigating
09/06/1861
Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant occupy Paducah, Kentucky on the Ohio River Battles/Soldiers
