A Brittle Sword The Kentucky Militia, 1776-1912.
Stone, Richard G., 1937-
A Brittle Sword The Kentucky Militia, 1776-1912. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1977. - 1 online resource (138 pages) - Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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
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.
9780813150253
Electronic Books.
UA210 / .B758 1977
A Brittle Sword The Kentucky Militia, 1776-1912. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1977. - 1 online resource (138 pages) - Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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
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.
9780813150253
Electronic Books.
UA210 / .B758 1977