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for December 2009Morgan's Christmas RaidAfter the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky on October 8, 1862, Union General Don Carlos Buell was relieved of command and replaced with William S. Rosecrans. Rosecrans renamed the Army of the Ohio and changed the name to the Army of the Cumberland. With his new Army, Rosecrans pushed into Southern territory. In order to keep his army feed and well supplied, he needed to keep the Louisville & Nashville Railroad operating at full capacity. Rosecrans made sure that the Louisville & Nashville Railroad was heavily defended…  Keynote Article
for February 2009Brig. Gen. William Woodruff (U.S.) - 2nd Kentucky InfantryBorn in Kentucky, William Woodruff studied in the local schools, studied law and passed his bar exam and established a successful practice in Louisville. When South Carolina seceded from the Union in December of 1860, Kentucky declared her neutrality. The local citizens of Louisville began to choose sides. Unionists confronted arrant secessionists. On January 17, 1861, Kentucky Governor Beriah Magoffin, in his message to the legislature, recommended that the state militia should be prepared for war. Woodruff was an ardent…
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for September 2008James Guthrie: Mr. LouisvilleOn April 20, 1860, The New York Times wrote that James Guthrie was "truly orthodox and unquestionably available, a loyal and life long Democrat, with unsurpassed intellect, information, integrity, dignity, firmness and purity of patriotism he has the confidence of every intelligent great man in America. He has not an enemy in the world!" He was also regarded as a man of enormous strength, courage, indomitable will, and vitality, with no fear. James Guthrie became a leading figure in Louisville, Kentucky's history. He…  Keynote Article
for July 2008Guerilla Warfare in KentuckyIn 1863, 1864, and 1865 guerilla warfare plagued Kentucky. Some of the most notorious, bloody thirsty men roamed Kentucky pillaging, looting, and killing. Men like Sue Mundy, Champ Ferguson, Henry Magruder, William Quantrell, and Sam "One Arm" Berry, committed atrocious crimes on not only Union forces but also the general population. Who were these men and how did Kentucky become the center stage for guerilla warfare? This article will focus on the causes behind guerilla warfare, on some of the most notorious guerillas…  Keynote Article
for March 2008The Great Cyclone of 1890: Tragedy Struck LouisvilleOn March 27, 1890, the bustling city of Louisville went about the business of making iron, pig iron, jean cloth, leather and furniture. The huge railroad industry shipped out tobacco, and fine whiskeys and beer, made in many of Louisville's breweries. Louisville also shipped out cement and fine agricultural products. The local Louisville Courier-Journal published the state's weather prediction, sent from Washington, which called for fair weather, followed in western portions of the state with rain, with easterly winds…  Keynote Article
for February 2008Colonel William (Willie) Campbell Preston Breckinridge - 9th Kentucky Cavalry, C.S.At the age of twenty-seven, William (Willie) Campbell Preston Breckinridge enlisted in the 9th Kentucky Cavalry Battalion, and in early 1862 promoted to Major. During September and October of 1862, while the state was under the occupation of Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee and Edmund Kirby Smith's Army of East Tennessee, Confederate recruiters signed up men from Central and Northern Kentucky to form the 9th Kentucky battalion, which consisted of five companies. After the Battle of Perryville in October…  Keynote Article
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2008Brevet Brig. General Orlando Metcalfe PoeBecause of his degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy, Brevet Brigadier General Orlando Metcalfe Poe became highly sought after when the Civil War broke out. Poe served under Union General George B. McClellan in 1861, and later served under Union General Ambrose Burnside. His excellent proficiency in drawing maps, placing troops, building pontoon bridges, and building trestle bridges drew the attention of Union General William T. Sherman. Sherman made Poe Chief of Engineering for his army…  Keynote Article
for December 2007Simon Bolivar Buckner: A Skillful and Judicious GeneralBorn in Hart County, Kentucky on April 1, 1823, Simon Bolivar Buckner attended the local schools in Kentucky. He entered the United States Military Academy and graduated eleventh in his class in 1844. When the Mexican War broke out, Buckner served with General Winfield Scott's army in Mexico. During the Mexican War he earned two brevets and suffered a wound at Churubusco. After the war, he returned to West Point to teach. While at West Point, Buckner felt that the school's mandatory presence at Sunday chapel was a violation…  Keynote Article
for November 2007Lieutenant James Hardin, 15th and 3rd Kentucky Union InfantriesBorn on April 16, 1839, at the age of twenty, James L. Hardin left his profession as a lawyer in Oldham County, to become a private in Company A, 15th Kentucky Infantry U.S. The commander of the 15th Kentucky Union Infantry was Colonel Curran Pope. James Hardin was six feet tall, with a light complexion, hazel eyes, and dark hair. He enlisted on November 1, 1861 at Camp Sherman in Louisville, Kentucky. He became a Corporal in the 15th Kentucky Infantry and on September 12, 1862, General William Rosecrans discharged Hardin…  Keynote Article
for October 2007Joshua and James SpeedThe friendship between Joshua Speed and Abraham Lincoln lasted from April 1837 until Lincoln's death in April of 1865. Joshua Speed became Lincoln's most devoted and closest friend. The friendship spread to his brother James Speed, who later became Lincoln's Attorney General in 1864. This is the story of two brothers who became Lincoln's closest and devoted friends. John Speed of Jefferson County, Kentucky married Lucy Fry and had eleven children. John Speed became a successful plantation owner growing hemp. With his wealth… read full article • recommend▼ • info on joshua and james speed book  Keynote Article
for September 2007Bloody Monday Riots: August 6, 1855On August 5, 1855, Louisville experienced one of the city's darkest moments. In just a matter of hours, Louisville Protestants killed twenty-two German and Irish Catholic immigrants. What caused the events leading up to the bloody riots? Did George Prentice, editor of the Louisville Journal, have any role in the riots? Louisville seemed an unlikely place for a religious and social riot, since Louisville was the home to thousands of German and Irish immigrants. The purpose of this article will explore the reasons behind…  Keynote Article
for August 2007Southern Exposition: 1883-1887After the Civil War, the people of Louisville, Kentucky identified their city as being part of the South. Because of their harsh treatment from Union military leaders, such as General Stephen Gano Burbridge and other military commanders, Louisville turned from its support of the Union, to the support of the Democrats and ex-Confederates. Many of Kentucky's political and civic leaders after the Civil War were ex-Confederate soldiers. The Southern Exposition held in Louisville in 1883 not only showcased the products…  Keynote Article
for July 2007Union Colonel Raymond Burr, 55th Ohio Infantry & Assistant QuartermasterRaymond Burr was born in 1821, in Meredith, Delaware County, New York. On April 4, 1862, Burr joined the 55th Ohio, Company B and promoted to First Lieutenant. The regiment was organized on December 31, 1861, at Camp McClellan, in Norwalk, Ohio. On May 9, 1862, near McDowell, Virginia, Colonel John C. Lee of the 55th Ohio, halted his regiment after the brigade stopped at the intersection of the Monterey and McDowell roads. Lt. R. F. Patrick, with twenty men, performed picket duty and stationed his men on the McDowell road…  The Battle of Corydon, IndianaOn July 2, 1863 Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his 2,460 men crossed the Cumberland River near Burkesville, Kentucky. The purpose of Morgan's Raid was to bring panic to the North, re-inspire the South, and delay the fall of East Tennessee. Confederate General Braxton Bragg, who commanded the Confederate Army of Tennessee, ordered Morgan not to cross the Ohio River. Morgan would soon disobey that order. As Morgan made his way through Kentucky, he would end up fighting at the Battle of Tebbs Bend, on the Green River…  Keynote Article
for June 2007Union Colonel Marcellus Mundy: A Colonel With A ConscienceMany times when we read about the Civil War, many of the books and articles focus mainly on battles and Generals. Colonel Mundy was one of the few rare officers that was more concerned with the general population, than with how the war was being fought. Marcellus Mundy was born on May 16, 1830 at Owen County, Kentucky. He was 5'10" with hazel eyes. During the 1840s Marcellus Mundy attended Transylvania College, in Lexington, Kentucky. While he attended college he became a member of the Whig and Adelphi Societies, which were…  Keynote Article
for May 2007Colonel John Levering, Assistant Adjutant GeneralCol. John Levering was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 1826. His grandfather, Major John Levering, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. John Levering lived in Philadelphia and married Miss Elizabeth W. Forman, in December of 1847. He had four children, Frank, Emma, and Fred. After his marriage, John Levering traveled West, where he stopped in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1849. He only stayed in Cincinnati for a year and decided to move to Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana on March 1, 1850. He purchased a farm…  Keynote Article
for April 2007Colonel Thomas Sedgewick, Commander of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry: “No man has exhibited more patriotic zeal, and devotion to his country.”According to Thomas Sedgewick, in April of 1861, Louisville, Kentucky was "thronged with Rebel soldiery and their recruiting officers, and rendevous were on every street, with the Southern flag flaunting therefrom." During the early months of the war, Kentucky politicians had not officially declared whether the state would fight for the Confederacy or the Union. Kentucky's neutrality sent the state into mass confusion with Union and Confederate regiments being raised sometimes on the same streets. Many of Thomas Sedgewick's…  Keynote Article
for March 2007Captain John W. Hammond: Twenty-Third Indiana InfantryIn July of 1861, William Sanderson called for recruits to join the Twenty-Third Indiana Regiment in New Albany, Indiana. On July 29, 1861, the men of the 23rd Indiana mustered into the Union army. John W. Hammond enlisted on July 12, 1861 with Company D, as a First Sergeant. Born on January 28, 1844, Hammond stood 5' 6", with a light complexion, gray eyes and dark hair. His occupation at the time of enlistment was a gilder in Louisville, Kentucky. On August 15, 1861, the 23rd Indiana Regiment left Indiana for Paducah…  Keynote Article
for February 2007Captain Edward Irvine McDowell, 15th Kentucky Union InfantryOn September 4, 1861, Confederate General Leonidas Polk invaded Columbus, Kentucky. The event set off a chain of reactions that pushed Kentucky to support the Union. The Governor of Kentucky Beriah Magoffin asked General Polk to leave the state, but Polk refused. The pro-Union legislature of Kentucky voted to fly the American flag over the capital and gave permission to openly recruit Union regiments to force the Confederates out of the state. Kentucky's neutrality had ended. When Kentucky sent the call out for Union…  Keynote Article
for January 2007Confederate Brigadier General Humphrey MarshallBorn on January 13, 1812, in Frankfort, Kentucky, Humphrey Marshall attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated forty-second in 1832. After graduation, he served a year with the mounted rangers and dragoons. He obtained the rank of brevet second lieutenant, but resigned his commission to study law. He became a lawyer and practiced law in Kentucky until the Mexican War. During the Mexican War, Marshall became colonel of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry. After the war, Marshall returned to Kentucky and ran…  An open ended letter to my readers (The need for a Louisville history museum)Recently I have visited a number of museums in the Louisville area, such as the Portland Museum, the Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center, and Louisville's museum row featuring the Louisville Slugger Museum, the Frazier International History Museum, and the Louisville Science Center. What I feel Louisville is lacking is a museum dedicated to Louisville's history. As a Civil War historian, I have traveled the country and have had the opportunity to visit many other cities' historical attractions. I have visited the Atlanta… read full letter • recommend▼ • discuss louisville history & issues^4  Keynote Article
for October 2006The Washington Artillery, 5th CompanyThe Washington Artillery began around 1838, when Captain Elisha Tracy organized the company. In 1841, the Washington Artillery changed their name to Native American Artillery. In 1844, Captain Henry Forno and the Washington Artillery, along with Major Louis Gally's battalion of Louisiana Volunteer Artillery, volunteered to fight in the Mexican War. They served three months in Texas and came back home. In 1846, the company departed for the Rio Grande, under Capt. Isaac Stockton. The Native Artillery offered their serviced…  Keynote Article
for September 2006Union General James S. Jackson: Fateful Day at PerryvilleOn the night of October 7, 1862, Union Generals James S. Jackson, William Terrill, and Union Col. George Webster met on the field at Perryville and discussed their chances of being struck in battle by enemy fire. "Their opinion was that men would never be frightened if they considered the doctrine of probabilities and how slight the chance was on any particular person being killed." On October 8, 1862, the law of probabilities caught up with all three men. The subject of this article will trace the career and fate of one of those…  Keynote Article
for August 2006Brevet Brigadier General Reuben Kise: 10th Indiana Infantry & Assistant AdjutantBorn in 1840, in Lebanon, Indiana, Reuben C. Kise joined the 10th Indiana Infantry Regiment in April 1861. The 10th Indiana Infantry organized in Indianapolis, Indiana between April 22 to April 25, 1861 and performed service for three months. The regiment drilled, trained and continued their duties near Evansville, Indiana until June 7, when the government ordered them to West Virginia. The government attached the 10th Indiana to Union General William S. Rosecrans' brigade, Union General George B. McClellan's Army of West…  Keynote Article
for July 2006Major General Stephen Gano Burbridge: “The Scourge of Kentucky”This article received major updates in May, 2007. Stephen Gano Burbridge had one of the most heroic and promising careers in the army before 1864, but in February of 1864, he would impose a reign of terror upon his native state that would have enormous consequences upon how Kentucky would view the Union Government and the fate of Kentucky politics after the war. Stephen Gano Burbridge was born on August 19, 1831, in Georgetown, Kentucky. He was educated at Georgetown College and the Kentucky Military Institute in Frankfort, Kentucky, which was the second oldest private military… read full article • recommend▼ • info on stephen gano burbridge book  Keynote Article
for June
2006Louisville During the Civil WarThe initial version of this Creative Commons-licensed article was used as the basis for the Wikipedia article Louisville in the American Civil War. This article received major updates in April and May, 2007. During the 1850s, Louisville became a vibrant and wealthy city, but underneath the success, the city also harbored racial and ethnic problems. In 1850 Louisville became the tenth largest city in the United States. Louisville's population rose from 10,000 in 1830 to 43,000 in 1850. Louisville became an important tobacco market and pork packing center. By 1850, Louisville's wholesale trade totaled twenty million dollars in sales. The Louisville-New Orleans river route held top rank on the entire Western river system in freight… read full article • recommend▼ • info on louisville and the civil war book  Keynote Article
for May 2006Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman: “As a man, a soldier, and a general, he had few, if any, superiors.”The words used to describe Lloyd Tilghman are brave, heroic, patriotic, loyal and totally devoted to the cause he believed in. Confederate Colonel A. E. Reynolds once said of Tilghman that "as a man, a soldier, and a General, he had few if any superiors." He also has been described as a strict disciplinarian who abided to the military rules and regulations of the army, and many volunteer officers, who did not understand military rules and regulations, did not get along with Tilghman. This one was one of the main reasons why… read full article • recommend▼ • info on lloyd tilghman book  Confederate General Leonidas Polk and the collapse of the Confederate command structure in the Western TheaterUniversity of Louisville's Nu Xi Chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society published in their online journal^3 this article as one of the two best graduate papers submitted to them from the History Department in 2004. On the morning of June 14, 1864, at the crest of Pine Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia, Confederate General William Hardee, Joseph Johnston, and Leonidas Polk held a conference to determine whether or not the Confederate Army of Tennessee should remain or withdraw. The three generals were in a dirt and log bastion containing the South Carolina battery of Lt. Rene T. Beauregard, son of Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. Standing atop to parapet, Col. William S. Dilworth, acting commander of Findley's Florida… |
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