Kentucky History Drive

History is all around us.

Pioneers, Native nations, long hunters, soldiers and distillers. Explore the stories that made Kentucky, on a living map you can travel through time.

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War Sites

Battlefields and other war sites in Kentucky, from the Revolutionary War through later conflicts.

Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park

Robertson County

August 19, 1782: the last major Revolutionary War battle in Kentucky.

Last major Revolutionary War battle in Kentucky (August 19, 1782): Kentucky militia pursuing British-allied Native forces from Bryan’s Station were ambushed at the Licking River; Daniel Boone’s son Israel was among the dead. Pioneer Museum and monument interpret the battle and earlier salt-lick history.

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Blue Licks Battlefield monument

Blue Licks Battlefield monument (2014)

Photo: Nyttend Wikimedia Commons License: Public domain

50 places

  • Augusta Riverfront Civil War Site Bracken County
  • Battle for the Bridge Historic Preserve Hart County
  • Battle of Barbourville Site Knox County
  • Battle of Paducah / Tilghman House Area McCracken County
  • Battle of Richmond / Richmond Battlefield Park Madison County
  • Battle of Sacramento Site McLean County
  • Battles of Cynthiana / Morgan's Raids Sites Harrison County
  • Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park Robertson County
  • Bryan's Station Memorial Fayette County
  • Camp Dick Robinson Garrard County
  • Camp Nelson National Cemetery Jessamine County
  • Camp Nelson National Monument Jessamine County
  • Camp Wildcat Battlefield Laurel County
  • Cave Hill National Cemetery Jefferson County
  • Civil War Museum of the Western Theater Nelson County
  • Columbus-Belmont State Park Hickman County
  • Constitution Square Historic Site Boyle County
  • Covington / Newport Civil War Defenses Kenton County
  • Farmington Historic Home (Lincoln / wartime context) Jefferson County
  • Floyd's Station Jefferson County
  • Fort Boonesborough (Siege of 1778) Madison County
  • Fort Boonesborough State Park Madison County
  • Fort Duffield Park & Historic Site Hardin County
  • Fort Williams Barren County
  • Frankfort Cemetery (state & war burials) Franklin County
  • Hart County Historical Society Museum Hart County
  • Historic Locust Grove (Clark / frontier war context) Jefferson County
  • Hunt-Morgan House (Hopemont) Fayette County
  • Ivy Mountain Battlefield / Monument Floyd County
  • Jefferson Davis State Historic Site (Civil War memorial) Todd County
  • Kentucky Military History Museum Franklin County
  • Lebanon Civil War / Morgan Trail Stops Marion County
  • Leslie Morris Park at Fort Hill Franklin County
  • Lexington Cemetery (Civil War sections) Fayette County
  • Logan's Station / St. Asaph Lincoln County
  • Martin's Station Site Harrison County
  • McConnell Springs Fayette County
  • Middle Creek Battlefield Floyd County
  • Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Pulaski County
  • Old Fort Harrod State Park Mercer County
  • Painted Stone Station / Long Run Massacre Area Jefferson County
  • Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site Boyle County
  • Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery Oldham County
  • Rowlett's Station Battlefield Hart County
  • Ruddle's Station Site Harrison County
  • Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill (wartime hospital context) Mercer County
  • Tebbs Bend Battlefield Taylor County
  • White Hall State Historic Site Madison County
  • William Whitley House (Revolutionary / frontier war) Lincoln County
  • Women's Civil War Museum (Bardstown complex) Nelson County