<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Leonidas Polk">Leonidas Polk</a> invades neutral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_in_the_American_Civil_War" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kentucky in the American Civil War">Kentucky</a>, prompting the state legislature to ask for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> assistance.