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Selected Bibliography from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FROM THE REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY War of 1812 Adams, Evelyn Grady. “The Imprisonment of British Officers in the Frankfort Penitentiary during the War of 1812.” 49 (1951): 231-33. Bolt, Robert, “Vice President Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky: Hero of the Thames–Or the Great Amalgamator.” 75 (1977): 191-203. Analysis of a major military and political figure who broke the conventions of race and family. Clift, G. Glen, ed. “War of 1812 Diary of William B. Northcutt.” 56 (1958):165-81, 253-70, 325- 44. “Correspondence between Governor Isaac Shelby and General William Henry Harrison during the War of 1812.” 20 (1922): 130-44. Eubank, James Taylor. “The Siege of Fort Meigs.”19 (1921): 54-62. Dated but representative interpretation of a major militia operation. Fredriksen, John C., ed. “Kentucky at the Thames, 1813: A Rediscovered Narrative by William Greathouse.” 83 (1985): 93-107. New insights on an influential battle. Hall, Ellery L. “Canadian Annexation Sentiment in Kentucky Prior to the War of 1812.” 28 (1930): 372-80. Perspective on a major Kentucky motive for war. Harris, James Russell. “Kentuckians in the War of 1812; A Note on Numbers, Losses, and Sources.” 82 (1984): 277-86. Analysis of the traditionally large numbers cited for Kentuckians in service and killed in action which finds them undocumented and questionable. Hay, Robert Pettus. “A Jubilee for Freeman: The Fourth of July in Frontier Kentucky, 1788- 1816.” 64 (1966): 169-95. Hickey, Donald R., ed. “A Dissenting Voice: Matthew Lyon on the Conquest of Canada.” 76 (1978): 45-52. The leading authority on the war interprets a major but neglected figure in early Kentucky. Jelsma, Sherry K. “The Making of Imperishable Honor: Charles S. Todd in the War of 1812.” 105 (2007): 195-228. The rise of Kentucky native Todd to high rank in the Northwest Army and his postwar political/social success typified the linking of military service and class in the early national South. Connections. Perspective. Inspiration. “Kentucky’s Militia Pig.” 8 (1910): 99. Classic tale of the militia mascot who marched to Canada and back. Nelson, Larry L. “Dudley’s Defeat and the Relief of Fort Meigs.” 104 (2006): 5-42. Detailed modern account of the Kentucky militia at its best and worst. Northcutt, William B. “War of 1812 Diary of William B. Northcutt ,” Edited by G. Glenn Clift. 56 (1958): 165-80, 253-69, 325-43. Padgett, James A., ed. “Letters of Colonel Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky.” 38 (1940): 186- 201, 323-39. ______. , ed. “Letters of Hubbard Taylor to President James Madison.” 36 (1938): 95-127, 210-39. “Prologue to Victory: General Orders, Fort Meigs to Put-In-Bay, April-September, 1813.” 60 (1962): 9-36. Wentworth, W. A. “Tippecanoe and Kentucky Too.” 60 (1962): 36-45. Speech by prominent Kentucky historian. Wickliffe, Charles A, “Tecumseh and the Battle of the Thames.” 60 (1962): 45-49. Speech by a prominent Kentucky historian. Wilson, Samuel M. “Kentucky’s Part in the War of 1812.” 60 (1962): 1-8. Speech by a prominent Kentucky historian. Mexican-American War Block, Mary R. “’The Stoutest Son’: The Mexican-American War Journal of Henry Clay Jr.” 106 (2008): 5-42. Final recollections of the son of Kentucky’s signature statesman and Mexican- War opponent, Henry Clay. Cox, Leander M. “The Mexican War Journal of Leander M. Cox.” Edited by Charles F. Hinds. 55 (1957): 29-52, 213-37; 56 (1958): 47-71. Memoir of an earnest but beleaguered captain in a Kentucky volunteer infantry regiment. Dantic, James I. “The Kentucky Volunteer Foot Soldier in the Mexican War: A Social History of Company B, Second Regiment, Kentucky Infantry Volunteers.” 95 (1997): 237-84. All the perils of army service from disease to battle. Connections. Perspective. Inspiration. Eubank, Damon R. “A Time for Enthusiasm: The Response of Kentucky to the Call for Troops in the Mexican War.” 90 1992): 323-44. Thirty regiments were called for, and 105 presented themselves for service. Mathias, Frank F. “The Turbulent Years of Kentucky Politics: 1820-1850.” 72 (1974): 309-18. Solid analysis of antebellum political culture, derived from this major scholar’s dissertation. Ramage, James A. “John Hunt Morgan and the Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers in the Mexican War,” 81 (1983): 343-65. Morgan’s best biographer analyses war experiences of the First Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Volunteers. Civil War Adams, Michael C. C. “’When the Man Knows Death’: The Civil War Poems of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler.” 96 (1998): 1-28. Hellish Civil War service of a distinguished, nineteenth- century historian of Kentucky. Allison, Young E. “Sue Mundy: An Account of the Terrible Kentucky Guerrilla of Civil War Times.” 57 (1959): 295-316. Dated but interesting interpretation. Barnett, James. “Munfordville in the Civil War. 69 (1971): 339-61. Barton, Lon Carter. “The Reign of Terror in Graves County.” 46 (1948): 484-95. Depredations by the Union commander of the district of western Kentucky. Bearss, Edwin C. “General Bragg Abandons Kentucky.” 59 (1961): 217-44. Typically solid operational narrative with scant interpretation by a nationally prominent historian. ______. “General Nelson Saves the Day at Shiloh.” 63 (1965): 39-69. ______. “Morgan’s Christmas Raid, December 1862.” 70 (1972): 200-18; 71 (1973): 177-88, 426-38; 72 (1974): 20-37. ______. “The Battle of Hartsville and Morgan’s Second Kentucky Raid.” 65 (1967): 1-20, 120- 34, 239-52, 304-23. ______. “The Ironclads at Fort Donelson: The Ironclads Sail for the Cumberland.” 74 (1976): 1- 9, 73-84, 167-91. Brown, Kent Masterson . “Munfordville: The Campaign and Battle along Kentucky’s Strategic Axis.” 97 (1999): 247-86. Brief analysis of the small battle with big strategic influence on the Confederate invasion of 1862. Connections. Perspective. Inspiration. Brown, Richard C. “The Free Blacks of Boyle County, Kentucky, 1850-1860.” 87 (1989): 426-38. Cheek, Christen Ashby, ed. “Memoirs of Mrs. E. B. Patterson: A Perspective on Danville during the Civil War.” 92 (1994): 347-99. Valuable recollections of an articulate and humane Unionist living dangerously in a pro-Southern area. Coffman, Edward M. “Captain Hines’s Adventures in the Northwest Conspiracy.” 63 (1965): 30-39. An eminent historian analyses the celebrated Confederate agent from Kentucky. Connelly, Thomas Lawrence. “Neo-Confederatism or Power Vacuum: Post-War Kentucky Politics Reappraised.” 64 (1966), 257-69. Interesting but dated interpretation of social/political realignment in postwar Kentucky by a nationally prominent historian. Copeland, James E. “Where were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists?” 71 (1973): 344- 63. Craig, Berry. “Henry Cornelius Burnett: Champion of Southern Rights.” 77 (1979): 266-74. ______. ”The Jackson Purchase Considers Secession: The 1861 Mayfield Convention.” 99 (2001): 339-62. Precursor convention to the Russellville meeting that set up a Confederate Kentucky government. Good analysis of Kentucky in the secession crisis. ______. “Kentucky’s Rebel Press: The Jackson Purchase Newspapers in 1861.” 75 (1977): 20- 27. ______. “Northern Conquerors and Southern Deliverers: The Civil War Comes to the Jackson Purchase.” 73 (1975): 17-30. Trauma in the region called the “Confederacy of Kentucky.” Crocker, Helen Bartter. “A War Divides Green River Country.” 70 (1972): 295-311. DeFalaise, Louis. “General Stephen Gano Burbridge’s Command in Kentucky.” 69 (1971): 101- 27. The dislocations of military occupation during the war. DeBerry, John H. “The Glory Is Theirs Forever: Remarks Delivered at the Rededication of the Kentucky Monument at Shiloh Battlefield, April 1989.” 88 (1990): 278-86. A recounting of the Kentucky units that fought in each army during the battle of Shiloh. Dew, Aloma Williams. “’Between the Hawk and the Buzzard’: Owensboro during the Civil War.” 77 (1979): 1-14. _____. “From Cramps to Consumption: Women’s Health in Owensboro, Kentucky, during the Civil War.” 74 (1976); 85-98. Connections. Perspective. Inspiration. Dues, Michael T. “The Pro-Secessionist Governor of Kentucky: Beriah Magoffin’s Credibility Gap.” 67 (1969): 221-31. Engle, Stephen D. “Success, Failure, and the Guillotine: Don Carlos Buell and the Campaign for the Bluegrass State.” 96 (1998): 315-49. Buell’s best biographer interprets his protagonist’s counter to the 1862 Confederate invasion of Kentucky. Flora, Samuel, ed. “’I Consider the Regiment My Home’: The Orphan Brigade Letters and Life of Captain Edward F. Spears, 1861-1865.” 94 (1996): 134-73. Rare Orphan Brigade letters reveal life inside Kentucky’s most famous Confederate infantry unit. Gilliam, Will D., Jr. “Robert J. Breckinridge: Kentucky Unionist.” 69 (1971): 362-85. Guerrant, Edward O., ed. “Diary of Edward O. Guerrant Covering the June 1864 Kentucky Raid of General John Hunt Morgan.” 85 (1987): 322-58. A Confederate Kentuckian voices his disgust with John Hunt Morgan. Harris, James Russell, ed. “On War and History: Charles P. Roland Discusses An American Iliad.” 89 (1991): 362-76. A preeminent scholar of the Civil War on his celebrated history of the conflict. Harrison, Lowell H. “A Confederate View of Southern Kentucky, 1861.” 70 (1972): 163-78. ______. “George W. Johnson and Richard Hawes: The Governors of Confederate Kentucky.” 79 (1981): 3-39. ______. “Governor Magoffin and the Secession Crisis.” 72 (1974): 91-110. Classic study of the enigmatic, pro-Southern governor who carried out Union laws and sought a border state convention to forestall war. ______. “Kentucky-Born Generals in the Civil War.” 64 (1966): 129-60. ______. “Kentucky’s Confederate Seal.” 80 (1980): 89-91. Origins of the symbol. ______. “The Civil War in Kentucky: Some Persistent Questions.” 76 (1978): 1-21. Hood, James Larry. “For the Union: Kentucky’s Unconditional Unionist Congressmen and the Development of the Republican Party in Kentucky, 1863-1865.” 76 (1978): 197-215. ______. “The Union and Slavery: Congressman Brutus J. Clay of the Bluegrass.” 75 (1977): 214-21.
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