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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 Civilian life affected by the Civil War, including military occupation; economy; education; women’s roles; entertainment; patriotic music/literature African–American life (e.g. slaves vs. freedmen vs. runaways/refugees; culture, mobility, & expression) Important Events/Places: Emancipation Proclamation (1863), Great Hog Swindle (1864), 13th Amendment (1865), marriage law (1866), "Camp Misery," Camp Nelson Important People/Organizations: Gov. Thomas Bramlette, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Union Maj. Gen. Speed S. Fry, Gen. E.A. Paine, Maj. Henry C. Symonds, Delia Ann Webster, Julia Ann Marcum, Home Guard, Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Sanitary Commission, Shakers, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Important Concepts: commissary, fractional currency, fugitive slave laws, guerilla, inflation, loyalty oath, military draft, "Palmer Pass," raider, refugee, segregation, sewing/quilting bee, slavery, Underground Railroad |