Lincoln of KentuckyUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2000 M01 6 - 324 páginas “Covers Lincoln’s background in Kentucky and his lifelong association with the state of his birth . . . entertaining . . . well researched.” —Louisville Courier-Journal |
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... Unionists were able to secure firm control of the state. Two major Confederate invasions of the state in 1861 and 1862 focused military attention on the commonwealth, and during the rest of the war occasional Confederate raids and ...
... Unionists . Billy Herndon persuaded Lincoln to vote on November 6 , but the Republican candidate cut off the part of the ballot that had the names of electors so that he would not be voting for himself . That evening he and friends went ...
Lowell H. Harrison. secession movement and overestimated Unionist strength in the South . Threats of disunion had been made on previous occasions , but compromises had always been worked out . Surely , Unionists in the Southern states ...
... Unionists against secession was to prevent the calling of a convention. Those favoring secession hoped that if a convention were called, the Southern wave of secession would sweep Kentucky along into the Confederacy. Robert Jefferson ...
... Unionists were elected. The 110,000 votes cast were equal to nearly two-thirds of Kentucky's votes in November 1860; they indicated clearly that a majority of Kentuckians were Unionists who were determined to remain in the Union.30 ...
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1799 | |
1802 | |
1815 | |
1824 | |
1836 | |
1852 | |
1868 | |
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Lincoln and Wartime Issues in Kentucky | |
Lincoln Slavery and Kentucky | |
Notes | |
Bibliographical Essay | |
Index | |