Contested borderland
Subtitle: the Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia
By: Brian D. McKnight.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780813123899
Subjects: Guerrilla warfare -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History -- 19th century.; Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; Appalachian Region, Southern -- History, Military -- 19th century.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The central Appalachian divide in unity and secession; title: Recruitment, training, and baptism : June-November 1861; title: Locking the Confederates into Virginia : December 1861-June 1862; title: The Kentucky campaign, Cumberland Gap : July-October 1862; title: The Kentucky campaign, Pound Gap : July-October 1862; title: An aggressive Union Army : November 1862-February 1863; title: Return to Kentucky, return to Virginia : February-April 1863; title: Southwestern Virginia besieged : May-September 1863; title: East Tennessee rescued, southwestern Virginia harassed : October 1863-March 1864; title: Impending defeat : April-September 1864; title: Violent war, violent peace : October 1864-April 1865.