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Camp Wildcat Battle Monument
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The Battle of Camp Wildcat was one of the early engagements of the American Civil War. It occurred October 21, 1861, in northern Laurel County, Kentucky during the campaign known as the Kentucky Confederate Offensive or Operations in Eastern Kentucky (1861). The battle is considered one of the first Union victories of the Civil War, and marked the second engagement of troops in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
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Old Wilderness Road, Laurel County, Kentucky, 40445
Coordinates: 37.26540, -84.20148
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