Kentucky Confederates: Secession, Civil War, and the Jackson Purchase

"This book will become the definitive work on the political, social, and military climate of the Purchase region during the Civil War." —Kentucky Libraries

During the Civil War, the majority of Kentuckians supported the Union under the leadership of Henry Clay, but one part of the state presented a striking exception. The Jackson Purchase—bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Tennessee River to the east—fought hard for separation and secession, ...