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May 20, 1861 • Kentucky, trying to remain neutral in the American Civil War, issues a proclamation asking both sides to stay off Kentucky soil. May 29–31, 1861 • Delegates from 5 Jackson Purchase counties meet in Mayfield along with delegates of 12 Tennessee counties to discuss secession, but the plan is abandoned following Tennessee's ...
Map of the Confederate States with names and borders of states A Confederate state was a U.S. state that declared secession and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The Confederacy recognized them as constituent entities that shared their sovereignty with the Confederate government. Confederates were recognized as citizens of both the federal republic and of ...
Rockenbach, Stephen. "'The Weeds and The Flowers Are Closely Mixed': Allegiance, Law, And White Supremacy in Kentucky's Bluegrass Region, 1861–1865." Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 111.4 (2014): 563–589. Townsend, William H. Lincoln and the Bluegrass: Slavery and Civil War in Kentucky (1955) online
Nelson's Expedition into eastern Kentucky November 1861. Action at Ivy Mountain November 8. Piketon November 8–9. Returned to Camp Kenton and duty there and near Maysville, Ky., until March 2, 1862. Moved to Piketon March 2 and duty there until June 13. Moved to Prestonburg June 13, thence to Louisa July 15, and duty there until August.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The Big Sandy Expedition was an early campaign of the American Civil War in Kentucky that began in mid-September 1861 when Union Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson received orders to organize a new brigade at Maysville, Kentucky and conduct an expedition into the Big Sandy Valley region of Eastern Kentucky and stop the build-up of Confederate forces under Col. John S. Williams.
The 14th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Wallace near Louisa, Kentucky, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on December 10, 1861, under the command of Colonel Laban Theodore Moore.
American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).