Contested borderland : the Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia / Brian D. McKnight.
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TextPublisher: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2006]Copyright date: �2006Description: 1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780813141466 (e-book)
- Guerrilla warfare -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History -- 19th century
- Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History, Military -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- 973.7/309755 22
- E470.45 .M38 2006
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The central Appalachian divide in unity and secession -- Recruitment, training, and baptism : June-November 1861 -- Locking the Confederates into Virginia : December 1861-June 1862 -- The Kentucky campaign, Cumberland Gap : July-October 1862 -- The Kentucky campaign, Pound Gap : July-October 1862 -- An aggressive Union Army : November 1862-February 1863 -- Return to Kentucky, return to Virginia : February-April 1863 -- Southwestern Virginia besieged : May-September 1863 -- East Tennessee rescued, southwestern Virginia harassed : October 1863-March 1864 -- Impending defeat : April-September 1864 -- Violent war, violent peace : October 1864-April 1865.
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