Battle of Camp Wildcat Reenactment

Confederate troops from Tennessee attack the Union base camp at Camp Wildcat in a reenactment staged on the battlefield itself, at the foot of Wildcat Mountain in northern Laurel County. The engagement of 21 October 1861 was among the first Union victories of the Civil War and the second time troops met in Kentucky, and the site is now protected by the Camp Wildcat Preservation Foundation. The Laurel Home Guards run the weekend, which opens with a Friday school day drawing some 800 to 1,400 children before the public battles at the weekend.