Kentucky was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General L
State seal of Kentucky during the war
"Kentuckians, to arms!!!" Confederate recruitment broadside published Louisville, 1861 (Duke University Libraries)
Albert Sidney Johnston was charged with maintaining a Confederate defensive line in southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee.
The Battle of Perryville battlefield as depicted in Harper's Weekly, November 1, 1862
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Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the nort
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In 1942 the U.S. Post Office issued a postage stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of Kentucky statehood, a 3-cent 1942 issue
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace near Hodgenville
Students attending a crowded one-room schoolhouse with a single teacher in Fourmile, Kentucky, September 1946
Lake Cumberland is the largest artificial American lake east of the Mississippi River by volume.