[thanks to Lyman for actually doing the calc work: I am just writing up the reso]

What the Heck is Going on in Kentucky?

Conspiracy theories abound to the reasons why Kentucky has been on a political rollercoaster ever since the flood. Some speculate that is is the result of a secret psychological experiment undertaken by the Tennessee Research Authority, others that this whole world is just a vast simulation in some futuristic computer system called “REDD-1T”. Whatever the reason, outsiders are always confused when they pick up a newspaper and try to read about the goings on in Kentucky.

What the commanders of the Georgian Army understood were this: there was a faction in Kentucky called the Confederate Army of Kentucky. They supported the Georgia government and the CSA. They were opposed by whatever government currently controlled Frankfort. And, the Georgians had orders to help them out. The Georgians marching into Kentucky were confused, but not as confused as the average newspaper reader outside the region.

The Cumberland Campaign (MP061, AP102, AP101, AP099)

In order to aid their pro-Confederate allies, large parts of the Georgian army marched North across the border from Confederate Tennessee into the Upper Cumberland Valley of Southern Kentucky. There they would be greeted with open arms by pro-Confederate forces. While those that greeted them did not use the name ‘Confederate Army of Kentucky’ at first, the local citizenry longed for some stability after their tumultuous years of revolution after coup after revolution. Not a single partisan rose up against the advancing Georgians and the army of the Midwest Interstate Compact was nowhere to be seen. So far so good, said the Georgian commanders.

The Battle of the Embayment

As the Georgian army in Southern Kentucky faced little resistance, things would not be going quite so smoothly for the Georgian fleet as it sailed up the Mississippi Embayment. A fleet loyal to the Midwest Interstate Compact would greet them as they passed over the ruins of Memphis, and a naval battle would ensue. While the Kentuckyian fleet was inferior to that of the CSA, it was able to demonstrate superior knowledge of the sandbars and shoals in the area. The Kentyckyians would be able to sink a number of Georgian ships before the last of their ships were sufficiently damaged that they had to limp back to port. The Georgians would waste no time in pursuing their prey all the way back to their naval base at Paducah.

The Battle of Paducah (MP051)

As the Kentuckyians limped back to their base, the Georgians would follow in hot pursuit. Their marines were ready for an amphibious landing, and landing ships would quickly pull up the beaches on either side of the naval base at Paducah. Kentuckyian engineers had had time to dig trenches around the port, and Kentuckyian howitzers fired away at the attackers, but it would not be enough. The Georgians had better trained and experienced men, overwhelming force, and the benefit of air support. In the end the Kentuckyians would be forced to abandon Paducah, and let their damaged fleet be captured by the Georgians as their army would retreat back to Kentucky.

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Map of occupation

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Georgian casualties

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Kentuckyian Casualties