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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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2014.
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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.