A Brittle Sword : The Kentucky Militia, 1776-1912 /

As an outpost of the advancing frontier, Kentucky played a crucial military role. Kentucky's state militia, which, under federal law, enrolled every able-bodied male citizen aged eighteen to forty-five, helped to secure the West for white settlers during the bloody Indian wars. Its members suff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stone, Richard G., 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Militia.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Kentucky.
Kentucky > Histoire militaire.
Kentucky > Milice > Histoire.
Kentucky > History, Military.
Kentucky > Militia > History.
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Virginia's Western Sword; 2. Citizen-Soldiers of Kentucky; 3. Decision at Fallen Timbers; 4. Army of the Commonwealth; 5. From Tippecanoe to New Orleans; 6. ""Corn Stalk Militia"" to the Rear; 7. Inflamed Borderland; 8. Violent Decades; 9. Nationalizing a Citizens' Army; A Note to Readers.

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