Confederate Heartland Offensive or the Kentucky Campaign
3 videos • 2 views • by Kentucky Tennessee Living© The Confederate Heartland Offensive could also be called the Kentucky Campaign and Bragg's Invasion of Kentucky. Generals Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith had the mission of trying to convince Kentucky who was neutral in the Civil War at that time to join the Confederacy. Their goal was to outflank and defeat the Union troops under the command of Major General Don Carlos Buell in battle.