The Confederate government of Kentucky was a shadow government established for the Commonwealth of Kentucky by a self-constituted group of Confederate sympathizers and delegates sent by Kentucky count
Kentucky senator and 1860 Presidential candidate John Breckinridge represented the states' rights position.
George W. Johnson, the first Confederate governor of Kentucky
Richard Hawes, the second Confederate governor of Kentucky
Henry Cornelius Burnett
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Henry Cornelius Burnett was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. From 1855 to 1861, Burnett served four terms in the United States House o
Rep. Henry Cornelius Burnett