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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2014.
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1322059306 9781322059303 9780813146935 0813146933 9780813146942 0813146941 9780813151441 0813151449 |