Kentucky’s motto is “united we stand, divided we fall” — but the Civil War split the state in two, pitting Kentuckians against Kentuckians in some of the war’s bloodiest fighting.
Historian Berry Craig moves past the familiar generals and battles to dig up the state’s hidden Civil War stories. A Graves County gun grab, pirates off Paducah, and dueling gunboats on the Mississippi all make an appearance.
The result is a collection of little-known tales that capture the Bluegrass State’s Civil War as a true “brother’s war” — the home state of both Lincoln and Davis.
Published 2010
128 pages
$19.80