Keywords
Kentucky, Confederacy, Union, Civil War
Abstract
After clinging for four months to a futile neutrality policy, the Commonwealth of Kentucky officially pledged loyalty to the Union in September 1861. Though Federal officials welcomed the state with enthusiasm, expecting her to provide significant aid to the Union army, state commanding officer William T. Sherman was soon frustrated by the astonishing one-quarter of Kentucky volunteers who flocked, instead, to the Confederacy. Hardly lonely in his disappointment, Sherman's woes were echoed by thousands of fathers across the Bluegrass State-for these Kentuckian Confederates were, overwhelmingly, young sons of men who passionately supported the Union.
Recommended Citation
Petersen, Elise
(2014)
"Bluegrass Grays: Confederate Sons and Unionist Fathers in Civil War Kentucky,"
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 43:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol43/iss1/3
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