For Slavery and Union : Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War /

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Benjamin Forsythe Buckner (1836--1901) faced a dire choice as the flames of Civil War threatened his native Kentucky. As an ambitious Bluegrass aristocrat, he was sympathetic to fellow slave owners, but was also convinced that the Peculiar Institution could not survive a war for Southern independenc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Patrick A., 1984-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Buckner, Benjamin Forsythe, > 1836-1901.
United States. > Army. > Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865)
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Slavery.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Unionistes (Guerre de Secession americaine) > Kentucky > Biographies.
Slavery > Kentucky > History > 19th century.
Unionists (United States Civil War) > Kentucky > Biography.
United States.
Kentucky.
Kentucky > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Biographies.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Kentucky > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction ; 1 The World Is a Crueland Cold Place; 2 Firstborn of the Union; 3 Brave Hearts andStout Hands; 4 I Feel Impelled to Pause; 5 Privileges and Elections; 6 Democratic PartisanMilitia; Epilogue Glen Avon; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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