| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The secession crisis (November 1860-August 1861) -- The Federals and the Confederates make their opening moves (April-August 1861) -- Stalemate (August-September 1861) -- Invasions (September 1861) -- Columbus (September-October 1861) -- The Battle of Columbus-Belmont (November 1861) -- With General C.F. Smith in Paducah (November-December 1861) -- Grant and Polk after the Battle of Columbus-Belmont (November-December 1861) -- The Federal expedition (January 1862) -- The attack on Fort Henry and Fort Heiman (February 1862) -- Between two battles (February 1862) -- The Battle of Fort Donelson (February 1862) -- The surrender of Fort Donelson (February 1862) -- Reconnoiters and evacuations (February-March 1862) -- Island Number Ten (March-April 1862) -- Rebel incursions and yankee injustices (1862-1865). |
| Summary |
"The Jackson Purchase is the far western section of Kentucky. It was the riverine gateway to the Deep South. This book tells the story of the bloody years 1861 and 1862 and the tense, contested Union occupation that followed in the region known as "The South Carolina of Kentucky"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jackson Purchase (Ky.) -- History, Military -- 19th century.
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Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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Military campaigns. |
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Kentucky. |
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Kentucky -- Jackson Purchase. |
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United States. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Military history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Dan, 1954- Civil War in the Jackson Purchase, 1861-1862 9780786477821 (DLC) 2013047144 (OCoLC)864391617 |
| ISBN |
9781476612713 (electronic book) |
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1476612714 (electronic book) |
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9780786477821 |
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0786477822 |
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