Lincoln of Kentucky
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: February 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780813121567
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: general; c 1800 to c 1900; Kentucky; Kentucky - Local History; U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); United States - Civil War; Biography & Autobiography; History - U.S.; Presidents & Heads of State; Biography/Autobiography; USA; United States - State & Local - General; 1809-1865; 19th century; History; Lincoln, Abraham,; Miscellanea; Slavery
First sentence: President Abraham Lincoln spent part of April 14, 1865, consulting with his cabinet on ways to restore the Southern states to their rightful place in the Union as quickly as possible.
Description: "Lincoln of Kentucky emphasizes the particular skill and delicacy with which Lincoln handled the problems of a loyal slave state populated by a large number of Confederate sympathizers.".

"Lincoln urged the commonwealth to adopt a scheme of gradual, compensated emancipation, a position so unpopular that Kentucky voted for George B. McClellan in the 1864 presidential election, one of only three states to do so. It was not until decades later that Kentuckians fully recognized Lincoln's greatness and paid homage to their native son."--BOOK JACKET.