Confederate Heartland Offensive

Confederate Heartland Offensive Kentucky Campaign
Part of the Western Theater of the American Civil War
Map of Western Theater of the American Civil War, from Corinth, Mississippi, to Perryville, Kentucky
Operational scope	Strategic offensive
Location	Tennessee and Kentucky 37°30′N 85°00′W / 37.5°N 85°W / 37.5; -85
Commanded by	Gen. Braxton Bragg
Date	August 14 – October 10, 1862
Executed by	Army of Mississippi
Outcome	Union victory
Kentucky Location of Kentucky within the United States

The Confederate Heartland Offensive (August 14 – October 10, 1862), also known as the Kentucky Campaign, was an American Civil War campaign conducted by the Confederate States Army in Tennessee and Kentucky where Generals Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith tried to draw neutral Kentucky into the Confederacy by outflanking Union troops under Major General Don Carlos Buell. Though they scored some successes, notably a tactical win at Perryville, they soon retreated, leaving Kentucky primarily under Union control for the rest of the war.