Kentucky Rebel Town (eBook)

The Civil War Battles of Cynthiana and Harrison County

William A. Penn (Autor)

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2016
400 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-6773-2 (ISBN)

Infos

On April 22, 1861, within weeks of the surrender at Fort Sumter, fresh recruits marched to the Cynthiana, Kentucky, depot -- one of the state's first volunteer companies to join the Confederate army. The soldiers boarded a waiting train as many sympathetic city and county officials cheered. A Confederate flag was raised at the Harrison County courthouse but it was taken down within six months, as the influence of pro-Southern officials diminished. However, this "e;pestilential little nest of treason"e; became a battlefield during some of the most dramatic military engagements in the state.In this fascinating book, William A. Penn provides an impressively detailed account of the military action that took place in this Kentucky region during the Civil War. Because of its political leanings and strategic position along the Kentucky Central Railroad, Harrison County became the target of multiple raids by Confederate general John Hunt Morgan. Conflict in the area culminated in the Second Battle of Cynthiana, in which Morgan's men clashed with Union troops led by Major General Stephen G. Burbridge (the "e;Butcher of Kentucky"e;), resulting in the destruction of much of the town by fire.Penn draws on dozens of period newspapers as well as personal journals, memoirs, and correspondence from citizens, slaves, soldiers, and witnesses to provide a vivid account of the war's impact on the region. Featuring new maps that clearly illustrate the combat strategies in the various engagements, Kentucky Rebel Town provides an illuminating look at divided loyalties and dissent in Union Kentucky.

Autor

lt;P>William A. Penn, editor of the Harrison Heritage News, has published articles in Northern Kentucky Heritage and the Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly.

Inhalt

Neighbor Against NeighborControlling the RailroadLurking RebelsUnited States vs. Lucius DeshaFirst Battle of CynthianaIn the Path of a Confederate InvasionProvost Marshals, Federal Draft, and African American EnrollmentSecond Battle of Cynthiana: Covered BridgeSecond Battle of Cynthiana: Keller's BridgeSecond Battle of Cynthiana: Kimbrough's HillRising from the Ashes

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.10.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 35 b&w halftones, 10 maps
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 19th century Kentucky • African-American • Battle of Cynthiana • Civil War • civil war battlegrounds • civil war battles • civil war history • civil war Kentucky • civil war neutrality • confederates in Kentucky • Cynthiana, KY • Enrollment • Hamilton rifles • Harrison County, KY • History • Home Guards • kentucky history • Kentucky rebel companies • Lincoln guns episode • Lucius Desha • mcdowell guards • military history • Morgan's Raids • provost marshals • rebel towns • second battle of Cynthiana • Social History • southern history • southern rebels
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-6773-6 / 0813167736
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-6773-2 / 9780813167732