Kentucky Confederates [electronic resource] : Secession, Civil War, and the Jackson Purchase /
Craig, Berry.
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky,
2014.
Dubbed 'the South Carolina of Kentucky', the Jackson Purchase was Kentucky's only pro-Confederate region during the Civil War. Secession sentiment was so strong that in 1861, while Kentucky was officially neutral, leading politicians and influential citizens met in Mayfield and considered a regional military alliance with Tennessee or secession from Kentucky to form a Confederate state with West Tennessee. In addition, the Purchase was Kentucky's only region that furnished more soldiers to the Confederacy army than to the Union forces.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Dubbed 'the South Carolina of Kentucky', the Jackson Purchase was Kentucky's only pro-Confederate region during the Civil War. Secession sentiment was so strong that in 1861, while Kentucky was officially neutral, leading politicians and influential citizens met in Mayfield and considered a regional military alliance with Tennessee or secession from Kentucky to form a Confederate state with West Tennessee. In addition, the Purchase was Kentucky's only region that furnished more soldiers to the Confederacy army than to the Union forces.
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.
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