battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Barbourville

Name: Battle of Barbourville
Start: 1861-09-19
Location: Barbourville, Kentucky, United States

Battle of Barbourville was a battle fought on 19 September 1861 at Barbourville, in what is now Kentucky, United States. It was part of the Western theater of the American Civil War. The recorded result: Confederate victory. Recorded strength: 300 Home Guardsmen against 800 men engaged.

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Fought19 September 1861

WhereBarbourville, Kentucky, United States36.861N, 83.879W

OutcomeConfederate victory

BelligerentsUnited States of America (Union); Home GuardagainstCSA (Confederacy)

Casualties and losses1 dead; 1 wounded; 13 capturedand7 dead

Battlefield todayBarbourville battlefieldNPS site KY001, 1,464 acres studied, 157 core

Part ofWestern theater of the American Civil War

Where it sits in the Western theater of the American Civil War

4 placed engagements of the Western theater of the American Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	19 September 1861
Place	Barbourville, Kentucky, United States 36.861N, 83.879W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	300 Home Guardsmen	800 men engaged
Casualties and losses	1 dead; 1 wounded; 13 captured	7 dead
Commanders	Isaac J. Black	Felix Zollicoffer

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the battlefield study area mapped by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of the Cumberland Gap 1863, 34 km SE
Battle of the Cumberland Gap 1862, 34 km SE
Battle of Camp Wildcat 1861, 53 km NW
Battle of Walker's Ford 1863, 60 km S
Battle of Somerset 1863, 70 km NW

In the same war

After: Battle of Shiloh 6 April 1862
All 4 engagements of Western theater of the American Civil War

Elsewhere in 1861

Battle of Fort Sumter United States
First Battle of Bull Run United States
Battle of Wilson's Creek United States
Battle of Belmont United States
Battle of Big Bethel United States

The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program maps this as the Barbourville battlefield (site KY001): a study area of 1,464 acres, with a core area of 157 acres where the fighting was concentrated.

Battle of Barbourville is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (25 in Kentucky).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2640011, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Barbourville, revision 1380779722, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (public domain). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.