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A Forgotten Shade Of Blue: Support For The Union And The Constitutional Republic In Southeastern Kentucky During The Civil War Era., Howard Muncy
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This thesis analyzes Southeastern Kentucky’s political and military support for the Union during the Civil War era. In the decades prior to the 1860 election, Kentucky developed deep social and economic ties with all sections of the country. After the secession winter that followed Abraham Lincoln’s presidential election, the statewide population divided and pockets of significant Confederate sympathies emerged. Kentucky’s southeastern counties aligned with the Union at the outbreak of the Civil War because of a strong national identity and the absence of a large slave population. As the war unfolded, Southeastern Kentuckians played an important role in the disruption …
0278: Adolphus Greely Letter, 1930, Marshall University Special Collections
0278: Adolphus Greely Letter, 1930, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection contains a copy of a letter to Wells Goodykoontz of Williamson, West Virginia returning a signed photograph and an image of Abraham Lincoln.