165 YEARS AGO: The Kentucky pro-Union legislature enacts anti-secession measures while secessionist leaders, including the former U.S. vice president, urges his fellow Kentuckians to resist the Federal occupation of their state.
Category: Kentucky
A Gloomy Picture of Affairs in Kentucky
165 YEARS AGO: Confederates strengthen their defense line across Kentucky, as William T. Sherman gives his Federal superiors a gloomy report of affairs in the state.
Turmoil in Kentucky Continues
165 YEARS AGO: Confederates form a defense line across Kentucky while Federals open recruitment efforts, thereby ensuring that turmoil in the state will continue.
The Invaders Must Be Expelled
165 YEARS AGO: The Unionist Kentucky legislature demands that Confederates leave the state, but Leonidas Polk refuses unless the Federals do the same.
I Am Now Ready for Paducah
165 YEARS AGO: Ulysses S. Grant, the new Federal commander in southeast Missouri, counters the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by invading the state with a force of his own.
The End of Neutral Kentucky
OTD 165 YEARS AGO: Kentucky’s neutrality, which had been in question for several months, officially ends when Confederate forces enter the state and occupy the town of Columbus.