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1 Online-Ressource (391 pages)
ISBN:
9780813146935
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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 -- fought hard for separation and secession, and produced eight times more Confederates than Union soldiers. Supporting states'' rights and slavery, these eight counties in the westernmost part of the commonwealth were so pro-Confederate that the Purchase was dubbed ""the South Carolina of Kentucky
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Frontcover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Kentucky''s South Carolina; 2. Armies on the Border; 3. The Mayfield Convention; 4. Flag Snatching and Gun Grabbing; 5. Politics, Pirates,and More Purchase Perfidy ; 6. "Abolition Invaders" andRebel Deliverers; 7. Gibraltar Crumbles; 8. Yankee Occupation; Photographs; 9. Traitors Beware; 10. The Battle of Paducah; 11. Still Disloyal; 12. A Paine in the Purchase; 13. Rebel to the End and Beyond; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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ISBN 9780813146928
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kentucky Confederates : Secession, Civil War, and the Jackson Purchase
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Kentucky
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Sezessionskrieg
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Geschichte
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