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Kentucky's Last Cavalier

General William Preston, 1816-1887

By: Peter J. Sehlinger

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Kentucky's Last Cavalier

General William Preston, 1816-1887

By: Peter J. Sehlinger

As this biography shows, Preston was Kentucky's last cavalier, the beau ideal of the Old South, a dashing defender of the old aristocracy both in the political realm and on the battlefield. His is a multidimensional story of power and privilege, family connections and gender roles, public service and proslavery politics. As Kentucky state historian James C. Klotter declares in the foreword, Preston's life "reveals much about his entire generation and his world.""--BOOK JACKET.

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University Press of Kentucky

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ISBN 10

0916968332

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9780916968335

A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky

The Diary of Frances Peter

By: Frances Dallam Peter

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A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky

The Diary of Frances Peter

By: Frances Dallam Peter

Frances Dallam Peter was one of the eleven children of Union army surgeon Dr. Robert Peter. Her candid diary chronicles Kentucky's invasion by Confederates under General Braxton Bragg in 1862, Lexington's monthlong occupation by General Edmund Kirby Smith, and changes in attitude among the enslaved population following the Emancipation Proclamation. As troops from both North and South took turns holding the city, she repeatedly emphasized the rightness of the Union cause and minced no words in expressing her disdain for "the secesh." Peter articulates many concerns common to Kentucky Unionists. Though she was an ardent supporter of the war against the Confederacy, Peter also worried that Lincoln's use of authority exceeded his constitutional rights. Her own attitudes toward Black people were ambiguous, as was the case with many people in that time. Peter's descriptions of daily events in an occupied city provide valuable insights and a unique feminine perspective on an underappreciated aspect of the war. Until her death in 1864, Peter conscientiously recorded the position and deportment of both Union and Confederate soldiers, incidents at the military hospitals, and stories from the countryside. Her account of a torn and divided region is a window to the war through the gaze of a young woman of intelligence and substance.

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298

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813155142

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9780813155142

Lee's Young Artillerist

William R.J. Pegram

By: Peter S. Carmichael

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Lee's Young Artillerist

William R.J. Pegram

By: Peter S. Carmichael

Lee's Young Artillerist looks at Pegram as a case study to explore the worldview of slaveholders in the antebellum South.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813918286

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9780813918280

Kentucky's Last Cavalier

General William Preston, 1816-1887

By: Peter J. Sehlinger

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Kentucky's Last Cavalier

General William Preston, 1816-1887

By: Peter J. Sehlinger

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University Press of Kentucky

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Kentucky's Last Cavalier

Kentucky's Last Cavalier

A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky

A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky

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Lee's Young Artillerist

Kentucky's Last Cavalier

Kentucky's Last Cavalier

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