The Civil War In Kentucky: Battle For The Bluegrass StateTop scholars contribute to this book of essays on the complex series of battles and political maneuvers for control of Kentucky during the Civil War. |
Contents
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The Confederate Defense of Kentucky | 23 |
The First Battle for Kentucky | 47 |
The Government of Confederate Kentucky | 79 |
The Decisive Battle of Richmond Kentucky | 103 |
The Campaign and Battle | 137 |
The Climactic Battle of Perryville | 175 |
Earning His Spurs | 221 |
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The Civil War In Kentucky: Battle For The Bluegrass State Kent Masterton Brown No preview available - 2007 |
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Page 9 - State" is received. I may not possess full and precisely accurate knowledge upon this subject; but I believe it is true that there is a military force in camp within Kentucky, acting by authority of the United States, which force is not very large, and is not now being augmented I also believe that some arms have been furnished to this force by the United States. I also believe that...
Page 9 - Taking all the means within my reach to form a judgment, I do not believe it is ' the popular wish of Kentucky that this force shall be removed beyond her limits ; and, with this impression, I must respectfully decline to so remove it.
Page 9 - I also believe that some arms have been furnished to this force by the United States. I also believe this force consists exclusively of Kentuckians, having their camp in the immediate vicinity of their own homes, and not assailing, or menacing, any of the good people of Kentucky. In all I have done in the premises, I have acted upon the urgent solicitation of many Kentuckians, and in accordance with what I believed, and still believe, to be the wish of a majority of all the Union-loving people of...
Page 8 - At a stroke it would take all the trouble off the hands of secession, except only what proceeds from the external blockade. It would do for the disunionists that which of all things they most desire — feed them well and give them disunion without a struggle of their own.