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1 online resource |
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Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Kentucky's South Carolina -- Armies on the border -- The Mayfield Convention -- Flag snatching and gun grabbing -- Politics, pirates, and more purchase perfidy -- "Abolition invaders" and rebel deliverers -- Gibraltar crumbles -- Yankee occupation -- Traitors beware -- The Battle of Paducah -- Still disloyal -- A Paine in the purchase -- Rebel to the end and beyond. |
| 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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American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Jackson Purchase (Ky.) -- History -- 19th century.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Kentucky. (OCoLC)fst01204494
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Kentucky -- Jackson Purchase.
(OCoLC)fst01240897
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781322059303 |
| ISBN |
1322059306 (electronic bk.) |
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9781322059303 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813146935 (electronic bk.) |
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0813146933 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813146942 (electronic bk.) |
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0813146941 (electronic bk.) |
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