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Kentucky Confederates : Secession, Civil War, and the Jackson Purchase

During the Civil War, the majority of Kentuckians supported the Union under the leadership of Henry Clay, but one part of the state presented a striking exception. The Jackson Purchase -- bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Tennessee River to the east -...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Craig, Berry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Kentucky's South Carolina
  • Armies on the border
  • The Mayfield Convention
  • Flag snatching and gun grabbing
  • Politics, pirates, and more purchase perfidy
  • "Abolition invaders" and rebel deliverers
  • Gibraltar crumbles
  • Yankee occupation
  • Traitors beware
  • The Battle of Paducah
  • Still disloyal
  • A Paine in the purchase
  • Rebel to the end and beyond.