Kentucky and the second American revolution : the War of 1812 /
James Wallace Hammack, Jr.
- Paperback edition.
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, (c)2009.
- 1 online resource (133 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- The Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf .
Based on a portion of the author's thesis, University of Kentucky, 1974, which was entitled: Kentucky and Anglo-American relations, 1803-1815.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Call to Battle; 2 The Most Patriotic People; 3 Remember the Raisin!; 4 The Fate of War; 5 Heroes of the Thames; Photo Section; 6 A War for National Survival; 7 Dismay, Relief, and Pride; Bibliographical Essay.
Alarmed by infringements upon American commerce during the Napoleonic Wars, Kentuckians were early proponents of war with Great Britain. As a frontier state, Kentucky feared exposure to raids by British troops and their Indian allies. And so, when President Madison finally obtained a declaration of war, patriotic Kentuckians rushed to arms. Kentucky's involvement in the agitation for war and in the war itself had political, social, and psychological consequences for the Commonwealth. In this compelling narrative, author James Wallace Hammack, Jr., traces those consequences and Kentucky's role in the developments of the war, which Kentuckians viewed as an effort to secure the American victory won in the Revolution.