Kentucky and the Civil War Campaigns of 1861 62
The narrative recounts Confederate and Union maneuvers in Kentucky and nearby areas from 1861 to 1862. It covers Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky, Buell’s pursuit, the Richmond battle, Lexington and Covington alarms, Munfordville surrender, and the Lexington Bardstown corridors as forces clash and fortifications rise around Cincinnati and Louisville. It highlights leaders Bragg, Buell, Manson, Nelson, Kirby Smith, and Wilder, with their actions and outcomes.
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Kirby Smith
Kentucky
Lexington
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Bragg
Louisville
Frankfort
William Nelson
Buell
George W. Morgan
Cumberland Gap
Kirk Smith
Gen. Stevenson
Morgan
Richmond
Stonewall Jackson
M. D. Manson
Lew Wallace
Indiana
Manson
Big Hill
Ohio
Lincoln
Confederate Veterans of
Cruft
Donelson
Rogersville
Seventy-first Indiana
Melville D. Topping
Terre Haute
Topping
Gen. Nelson
Nelson
Blue Grass
Heth
Covington
Smith
Wallace
Newport
Oho
Co m
Don Carlos Buell
Marietta
West Point
Braxton Bragg
Louisiana
Cy Ca
Shiloh
Rosecrans
Murfreesboro
Chickamauga
Mission Ridge
Grant
Galveston
Tex
Cynthiana
Paris
Hovses
Duell
Munfordsville
J. R. Chalmers
Green River
J. T. Wilder
Louisville and Nashville
Wilder
Drage
Col. Wilder
Fifty-seventh
Prewitt’s Knob
Thomas
Nashville
Negley
Bardstown
Lovell H. Rousseau
Tie
Brage
Perryville
Alabama
Congress
Alaska
New Orleana
Rousseau
WM. Nelson
United States Navy
Jefferson County
Col
Henry Dent
Col. Dent
Nela
Galt House
Gen
Davis
A. McD
McCook
Thomas L. Crittenden
Charles C. Gilbert
Gilbert
Tenn
Halleck
Washington
Gragg
Leonidas Polk
Polk
Bryantsville
Richard Hawes
United States Congress
Bloomfield
Bryantville
Bracy
Ee An
Bryantaville
Cheatham
Frankord
N. C
S¢lling
Frank Ort
Harrodsburg
Crittenden
Lebanon Road
George B&b
George B
Crit Buell
United States
Liverpool
Taylor
Stone River
Army of the Ohio
Daniel McCook
Philip Sheridan
Jackson
Doctor’s Fork
Chaplin Creek
Chaplin
Gen. Terrell
Starkweather
Terrell
Hardee
Buckner
8. R. Anderson
Maxville
James 8. Jackson
Anderson
Webster
Lytle
Gooding
Russell
Sheridan
Cannister
Carlin
Neam
Kness
Rittenden
Oatergale
Bolk.er
Town Leaders Urge Civic Unity For Public Improvements
Level headed citizens urge collective effort in general interests. They stress clear judgment, avoidance of strife, and neglect of self interest, aiming for the greatest good to the greatest number through careful consideration of proposed public wear and improvements.
Notable Confederate Raider Morgan In Kentucky Raid Chronicle
July to 1862 records narrate Col. John H. Morgan and 876 rangers raiding from Knoxville into Kentucky to seize men and horses for the Confederate cause. Morgan’s movements destroyed rail lines and telegraphs, captured Cynthiana, and prompted Union forces including Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell to pursue. The piece also covers opposing campaigns around Chattanooga and key Civil War commands in Tennessee.
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John H. Morgan
Knoxville
Tenn
Kentucky
Morgan
Cumberland Mountains
Lebanon
Louisville and Nashville
United States
Cynthiana
Ohio River
Basil Duke
Augusta
Maysville
Wm. Courtland Prentice
George D. Prentice
Louisville Journal
Blic
Richmond
Clarksville
Organ
Huntsville
Ala
East Tennessee
Don Carlos Buell
Department of the Ohio
Corinth
Halleck
St. Louis
Chattanooga
Buell
Os Bragg
Thres Sifts Sk
Pepecivey
Samively
Iby Smi
Zeatto
Gen
Nelson
Murfreesboro
N. B. Forrest
Nelson Forrest
Forrest
Nashville
McMinnville
Tennessee River
Thomas
Robt. L. McCook
Alabama
Spring Grove
McMinnsce
Crittenden
McCook
Rousseau
Decatur and Cheshin
Nashville and Chattanooga
Cleveland’s Confederate reference sparks sharp editorial attack
The Oshosh Times rails against President Cleveland calling his use of Confederate States a flat blunder. The paper, though Democratic leaning, labels his wording bullheaded and slow thinking, arguing the fault lies in incompetence rather than ignorance or design.
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Cleveland
Confederate States
White House
Oshhosh Times
The
Times
Soldiers voting patterns in Civil War era shown in grand army record
Gen Rosecrans era letter analyzes how Union soldiers leaned politically, noting Republicans dominated among volunteers from Republican states and Democrats from Democratic states. It cites 1863 Ohio governor race results, 1864 presidential voting by states, and concludes soldiers’ postwar politics mirror wartime divides across states.
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CuicaGo Inter Ocean
Rosecrans
Grand Army of the Republic
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Vallandigham
MacCellan
Ohio
Chickamauga
Brough
Army of the Cumberland
Gen. Rosecrans
McClellan
Army of the
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Iowa
Wise
Wnsin. i Sr
Kansas
Essere Presse Agupeer
Oaks
States
Nebraska
Illinois
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Courier-Journal
DuN’s Mercantile Agency
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Morgan and
Kirby
Columbus
Tennessee
Beauregard
Department of the Mississippi
Braxton B
Tupelo
Miss
Mobile and Ohio
Chat- Tewn
Braxton
Canby
Baton Rouge
North
Isville
Drags
Louieville
Bric
Jeff. C. Davis
Piackey
Johnston
Bishop Polk
Sill
T. L. Crittenden
J. & Jackson
Boradleys
Choice Groceries
Bingham & Co
Loughran Machine Co
A. Ancusi
M.D
Tus Cerrave Company
Fulton Street, N. Y
City Drug Store
HH. Westerman & CO
the Intelligencer
Ames
WM. Larrabee
John A. T. Hull
Supreme Court
Gifford 8
Hobinson
Henry Sabin
Cc. G. McCarthy
J. A. Mills
Curtis A. Wood
Oleo. Roe
J. R. Wart
J. L Hostetter
R. H. Mitchell
McGregor News
St. Patrick’s
Department
Bucklen
Arnica
Pickett & Co
Palace Drug Store
L. M. Bosworth
Dr. Kings
Boschee
J_ IL
John H. Queal & Co
Cali
Gobles
GOBLE
WM. Allen
Frank Stearns
Main St
Mance Te
Bartlett
Opera Hall
J. L. Bartlett
Chicago
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Dakota
Wyoming
Rene
Jolaman Stee
J. J. Dayton
Marvin Hughitt
H. C. Wicker
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