Kentuckians in Gray: Confederate Generals and Field Officers of the Bluegrass State

by Lawrence Lee Hewitt and Bruce S. Allardice

Book Overview

Perhaps more than any other citizens of the nation, Kentuckians held conflicted loyalties during the American Civil War. As a border state, Kentucky was largely pro-slavery but had an economy tied as much to the North as to the South. State government officials tried to keep Kentucky neutral, hoping to play a lead role in compromise efforts between the Union and the Confederacy, but that stance failed to satisfy supporters of both sides, all of whom...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813124751
• ISBN13: 9780813124759
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"