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A. Failed Neutrality Politics of the Civil War, including divisions, attempted compromises, & failed neutrality efforts Important Concepts: 36°30’, border state, compromise, Confederate Kentucky, fugitive slave laws, habeas corpus, loyalty oath, martial law, neutrality, personal liberty laws, "Palmer Pass," popular sovereignty, secession, shadow government, slavery, states’ rights Important People/Organizations: General Jeremiah T. Boyle, John C. Breckinridge, J.J. Crittenden, Confederate Pres. Jefferson Davis, Confederate Gov. Richard Hawes, Confederate Gov. George W. Johnson, Pres. Abraham Lincoln, Gov. Beriah Magoffin, General John Palmer, Dept. of Kentucky (AKA Dept. of the Cumberlands) Important Events/Places: Crittenden Compromise (1860), Peace Convention (1861), Russellville Convention (1861), Emancipation Proclamation (1862), 13th Amendment (1865), Bowling Green, Camp Nelson, Frankfort B. Fighting Kentucky Military actions in KY (e.g. State Guard, Home Guards, recruitment camps, battles, raids, guerrilla warfare) Soldier life (e.g. daily life, African-Americans, raiders) Important Places/Events: Bowling Green, Camp Boone, Camp Dick Robinson, Camp Nelson, Cumberland Gap, Frankfort, Battle of Richmond (1862), Battle of Perryville (1862), Morgan’s "Great Raid" (1863) Important People/Organizations: Gen. Braxton Bragg, Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Gen. Don Carlos Buell, Gen. Stephen Burbridge, George "Lightning" Ellsworth, John Hunt Morgan, Sue Mundy, Lt. William Nelson, Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, Orphan Brigade, Wild Riders Important Concepts: bushwhacker, "Camp Misery," hardtack, haversack, "Lincoln Guns" C. Communities at War Social and economic impact of the Civil War, including shift to serve war (e.g. citizens as troops/nurses; towns/buildings/transportation occupied for military purposes; entertainment/literature revolved around war) African-American life (e.g. slaves vs. freedmen/runaways; slaveholders vs. abolitionists) Important Events/Concepts: Emancipation Proclamation (1862), Hog Swindle (1864), 13th Amendment (1865), guerilla warfare, inflation, loyalty oath, segregation, slavery, Underground Railroad Important People/Organizations/Places: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Delia Ann Webster, Home Guard, Sisters of the Charity of Nazareth, Camp Nelson |