Proud Kentuckian John C Breckinridge 1821 1875

Author : Frank H. Heck
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813189086

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Proud Kentuckian by Frank H. Heck Pdf

In his brief life John C. Breckinridge embraced the roles of lawyer, politician, statesman, soldier, exile, and businessman. An imposing and tactful man, he was exceptional for evoking both loyal devotion from his followers and generous respect from his opponents during a strife-torn era. Breckinridge's meteoric rise to national prominence began with election to the Kentucky legislature in 1849 and to the United States Congress in 1851. His eloquence earned him the Democratic Party's nomination for the vice presidency in 1856, and he became the youngest man ever to hold that office. Nearing the end of his term Breckinridge was elected United States senator by the Kentucky legislature. He was a favorite of the Southern faction during the 1860 Democratic convention. Had the nation and the party not foundered on the divisive issues of slavery, section, and union, Breckinridge might well have reached the White House. With the sundering of the Union, Breckinridge joined the Confederate states, was commissioned a brigadier general, and fought valiantly at Shiloh, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, and elsewhere before becoming secretary of war. The collapse of the Confederacy drove him into exile in Canada and Europe. But in 1869 he returned to Kentucky to live out his life quietly and industriously as a lawyer and railroad executive. Proud Kentuckian portrays the most illustrious member of one of Kentucky's first families.

Author : Frank Hopkins Heck
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0813102170

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Proud Kentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 by Frank Hopkins Heck Pdf

Biography of John Cabell Breckinridge: "a lawyer, U.S. Representative, Senator from Kentucky, the 14th Vice President of the United States, Southern Democratic candidate for President in 1860, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the last Confederate Secretary of War. To date, Breckinridge is the youngest vice president in U.S. history, inaugurated at age 36. He is also remembered as the Confederate commander at the Battle of New Market, where young VMI cadets participated in the battle on the Confederate side."-Wikipedia.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Legislators
ISBN : UOM:39015061597236

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Senators of the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Diane B. Boyle
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Senators of the United States by Diane B. Boyle Pdf

S. Doc. 103-34. Compiled by Jo Anne McCormick Quatannens, Diane B. Boyle, editorial assistant, prepared under the direction of Kelly D. Johnston, Secretary of the Senate. Lists scholarly works that profile the lives and legislative service of senators and their autobiographies and other published works.

Author : James C. Klotter
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813189475

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The Breckinridges of Kentucky by James C. Klotter Pdf

Across more than six generations—beginning before the Revolutionary War—the Breckinridge family has produced a series of notable leaders. These often controversial men and women included a presidential candidate, a U.S. vice president, cabinet members, generals, women's rights advocates, congressmen, editors, reformers, authors, and church leaders. Along with success, the Breckinridges, like other Americans, faced hardship and war, contended with race, lived through difficult family situations—including a sex scandal—and encountered personal and political failure. An articulate, opinionated, and frank family, the Breckinridges have left a detailed record that allows us a vivid recreation of the range of American history and society.

Author : Mitch McConnell,Roy E. Brownell II
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813177465

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The US Senate and the Commonwealth by Mitch McConnell,Roy E. Brownell II Pdf

Kentucky has long punched above its weight in the US Senate, as some of the nation's most distinguished senators have hailed from the Commonwealth. Despite its relatively small population for much of American history, Kentucky has produced a record two Senate majority leaders, a record three Senate majority whips, and one of the country's greatest lawmakers, Henry Clay. These Kentuckians played an important role in the evolution of leadership institutions in the Senate. Official positions such as Senate majority leader and majority whip are nowhere to be found in the Constitution or early American history, yet today these offices have essentially eclipsed the constitutionally created legislative leadership positions of vice president and president pro tempore. While Kentucky senators have played a vital role in leading the Senate and in its institutional history, no book has told the story in its entirety. The US Senate and the Commonwealth is the first book of its kind to provide a detailed, yet accessible, discussion of the US Senate's leadership throughout its 225-year history. Senator Mitch McConnell and Roy E. Brownell II weave together the history of the Senate with lively portraits of prominent Kentucky senators as well as firsthand reflections about legislative leadership by a Senate majority leader. The authors illuminate and humanize this discussion by exploring the colorful and vivid lives of fifteen Kentucky lawmakers, including Henry Clay, Alben Barkley, and John Sherman Cooper. This compelling and fascinating study is an essential resource.

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 3030 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781851096824

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American Civil War [6 volumes] by Spencer C. Tucker Pdf

This expansive, multivolume reference work provides a broad, multidisciplinary examination of the Civil War period ranging from pre-Civil War developments and catalysts such as the Mexican-American War to the rebuilding of the war-torn nation during Reconstruction. The Civil War was undoubtedly the most important and seminal event in 19th-century American history. Students who understand the Civil War have a better grasp of the central dilemmas in the American historical narrative: states rights versus federalism, freedom versus slavery, the role of the military establishment, the extent of presidential powers, and individual rights versus collective rights. Many of these dilemmas continue to shape modern society and politics. This comprehensive work facilitates both detailed reading and quick referencing for readers from the high school level to senior scholars in the field. The exhaustive coverage of this encyclopedia includes all significant battles and skirmishes; important figures, both civilian and military; weapons; government relations with Native Americans; and a plethora of social, political, cultural, military, and economic developments. The entries also address the many events that led to the conflict, the international diplomacy of the war, the rise of the Republican Party and the growing crisis and stalemate in American politics, slavery and its impact on the nation as a whole, the secession crisis, the emergence of the "total war" concept, and the complex challenges of the aftermath of the conflict.

Author : Myron J. Smith, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476616988

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Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters by Myron J. Smith, Jr. Pdf

From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War raged along the great rivers of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. While various Civil War biographies exist, none have been devoted exclusively to participants in the Western river war as waged down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Red River, and up the Ohio, the Tennessee and the Cumberland. Based on the Official Records, county histories, newspapers and internet sources, this is the first work to profile personnel involved in the fighting on these great streams. Included in this biographical encyclopedia are Union and Confederate naval officers down to the rank of mate; enlisted sailors who won the Medal of Honor, or otherwise distinguished themselves or who wrote accounts of life on the gunboats; army officers and leaders who played a direct role in combat along Western waters; political officials who influenced river operations; civilian steamboat captains and pilots who participated in wartime logistics; and civilian contractors directly involved, including shipbuilders, dam builders, naval constructors and munitions experts. Each of the biographies includes (where known) birth, death and residence data; unit organization or ship; involvement in the river war; pre- and post-war careers; and source documentation. Hundreds of individuals are given their first historic recognition.

Author : Anne M. Butler,Wendy Wolff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951P00933065R

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United States Senate Election, Expulsion, and Censure Cases, 1793-1990 by Anne M. Butler,Wendy Wolff Pdf

Author : John C. Fredriksen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781576076040

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America's Military Adversaries by John C. Fredriksen Pdf

This work chronicles the lives and accomplishments of over 200 enemies who have fought, plotted, spied on, and in some instances defeated U.S. forces over the past three centuries. Books on American military heroes abound. But this book is the first to focus on America's talented enemies—the generals, admirals, Indian chiefs and warriors, submarine captains, fighter pilots, and spies who opposed the United States with military force or other means. Often these military leaders were among the best minds of their times. For more than two centuries, the new nation's most constant military opponents were the Native Americans, led by such capable chiefs as American Horse and Little Wolf. Under D'Iberville, Canada's French colonialists became formidable foes, but they were soon surpassed by the rigorously disciplined redcoats of Great Britain under Howe and Cornwallis. Ironically, the most effective enemies in the history of the United States were not the leaders of foreign military forces—like Mexico's Santa Anna, Japan's Yamamoto, or Vietnam's Vo Nguyen Giap. They arose from among its own citizens during the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history.

Author : John David Smith
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813197814

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New Perspectives on Civil War-Era Kentucky by John David Smith Pdf

As a Unionist but also proslavery state during the American Civil War, Kentucky occupied a contentious space both politically and geographically. In many ways, its pragmatic attitude toward compromise left it in a cultural no-man's-land. The constant negotiation between the state's nationalistic and Southern identities left many Kentuckians alienated and conflicted. Lincoln referred to Kentucky as the crown jewel of the Union slave states due to its sizable population, agricultural resources, and geographic position, and these advantages, coupled with the state's difficult relationship to both the Union and slavery, ultimately impacted the outcome of the war. Despite Kentucky's central role, relatively little has been written about the aftermath of the Civil War in the state and how the conflict shaped the commonwealth we know today. New Perspectives on Civil War–Era Kentucky offers readers ten essays that paint a rich and complex image of Kentucky during the Civil War. First appearing in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, these essays cover topics ranging from women in wartime to Black legislators in the postwar period. From diverse perspectives, both inside and outside the state, the contributors shine a light on the complicated identities of Kentucky and its citizens in a defining moment of American history.

Author : Lowell H. Harrison
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813129402

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Lincoln of Kentucky by Lowell H. Harrison Pdf

Young Abraham Lincoln and his family joined the migration over the Ohio River, but it was Kentucky—the state of his birth—that shaped his personality and continued to affect his life. His wife was from the commonwealth, as were each of the other women with whom he had romantic relationships. Henry Clay was his political idol; Joshua Speed of Farmington, near Louisville, was his lifelong best friend; and all three of his law partners were Kentuckians. During the Civil War, Lincoln is reputed to have said, "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky." He recognized Kentucky's importance as the bellwether of the four loyal slave states and accepted the commonwealth's illegal neutrality until Unionists secured firm control of the state government. Lowell Harrison emphasizes the particular skill and delicacy with which Lincoln handled the problems of a loyal slave state populated by a large number of Confederate sympathizers. It was not until decades later that Kentuckians fully recognized Lincoln's greatness and paid homage to their native son.

Author : Joshua K. Callaway
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780820318868

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The Civil War Letters of Joshua K. Callaway by Joshua K. Callaway Pdf

From the Kentucky Campaign to Tullahoma, Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge, junior officer Joshua K. This collection of his twice-weekly letters home, written between April 1862 and November 1863, chronicle his gradual change from an ardent Confederate soldier to a weary veteran who longs to see home again. Photos.

Author : Ulysses S. Grant
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 940 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780674981904

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The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant Pdf

This is the first complete annotated edition of Grant’s memoirs, fully representing the great military leader’s thoughts on his life and times through the end of the Civil War—including the antebellum era and the Mexican War—and his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision making. An introduction contextualizes Grant’s life and significance.

Author : Christopher G. Bates
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1453 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317457404

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The Early Republic and Antebellum America by Christopher G. Bates Pdf

First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.