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Bryan S. Bush
Learn how a thriving antebellum city became a crucial outpost for the Union army while its citizens were besieged with constant fear of guerilla warfare and swift Rebel vengeance. Trace…
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The book is a dual biography of Joshua and James Speed and tells the story of how closely the friendship between Joshua Speed and Abraham Lincoln
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From 1870 to 1900, Louisville became a larger part of the American Industrial Revolution. The expansion of railroads was a key factor to becoming a center for industry, trade and…
Gateway to the South. Home of the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs. Louisville has a rich history, beginning with the city’s discovery by General George Rogers Clark. The city played…
The Golden Age of Gambling in Louisville Louisville experienced a golden age of gambling between 1860 and 1885, thanks to the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers by…
When the Civil War broke out, thousands of Kentuckians struggled to maintain the state’s neutrality in deciding which side to support. Although Kentucky was a slaveholding state, most of the…
Throughout much of the 1880s, the Southern Exposition showcased the largest-ever single display of agricultural machinery and technical innovation in the United States. With over 1,500 commercial and mercantile attractions–the…
Kentucky is the home of bourbon, and there are a proud few who helped usher the industry into prominence. Learn about men like bourbon baron Isaac Bernheim, who founded the…
The author, Major Gen. William B. Fulton, was a developer of the modern riverine warfare concept and commander of the 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta, then…
How could a man with such a meteoric rise to Major General praised by Sherman after the battles at Arkansas Post and Vicksburg, and Lincoln himself for his defeat of…
Never has anything comparable to this massive volume been published on the Western Theatre in America’s War Between the States. Bush takes the reader through every major battle in the…
