A Brittle Sword [electronic resource] : The Kentucky Militia, 1776-1912 / Richard G. Stone, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Richard G., 1937-

Series:

Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.

Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kentucky--History, Military.

Kentucky.

Kentucky--Militia--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As an outpost of the advancing frontier, Kentucky played a crucial military role. Kentucky's state militia, which, under federal law, enrolled every able-bodied male citizen aged eighteen to forty-five, helped to secure the West for white settlers during the bloody Indian wars. Its members suffered defeat, capture, and death in the War of 1812, but also contributed to victories in the battles of the Thames and New Orleans. Though some Kentucky volunteers campaigned in the Mexican-American War, the general militia was moribund by the middle of the nineteenth century. Its infrequent musters had

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Virginia's Western Sword; 2. Citizen-Soldiers of Kentucky; 3. Decision at Fallen Timbers; 4. Army of the Commonwealth; 5. From Tippecanoe to New Orleans; 6. ""Corn Stalk Militia"" to the Rear; 7. Inflamed Borderland; 8. Violent Decades; 9. Nationalizing a Citizens' Army; A Note to Readers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. 117-[122]

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-5025-6

OCLC:

610049221