Louisville and the Civil War
Subtitle: a history and guide
By: Bryan S. Bush.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781596295544
Subjects: Historic sites -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- Guidebooks; Louisville (Ky.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Louisville (Ky.) -- Guidebooks
Genres: Guidebooks.
Description: Learn how a thriving antebellum city became a crucial outpost for the Union army while its citizens were besieged with constant fear of guerilla warfare and swift Rebel vengeance. Trace the steps of soldiers, commanders and civic leaders on the enclosed map, which includes over thirty Union forts that once peppered Louisville's landscape, as well as long-forgotten hideaways and hotbeds of insurgence. Explore Union casinos and brothels along Jefferson and Fourth Street; the infamous Louisville Military Prison; Jefferson General Hospital, the third largest during the war; and the original Galt House, site of Union General Bull Nelson's assassination. Join renowned Civil War expert and Louisville native Bryan S. Bush as he traverses Louisville, a city bristling with Civil War history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Happy times, but dark clouds gather; title: 1860; title: War; title: A soldiers' gathering; title: 1862 Confederate invasion of Kentucky; title: Louisville begins to change; title: Morgan's 1863 raid and guerilla warfare; title: How terrible the calamity; title: The city of progress; title: Appendix: Known camps and forts in Louisville.