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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Asher, Brad (1963-....)
Titre(s) : The most hated man in Kentucky [Texte imprimé] : the Lost Cause and the legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge / Brad Asher
Publication : Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-276 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 257-270. Index
"For the last third of the nineteenth century, Union General Stephen Gano Burbridge
enjoyed the unenviable distinction of being the most hated man in Kentucky. From mid-1864,
just months into his reign as the military commander of the state, until his death
in December 1894, the mere mention of his name triggered a firestorm of curses from
editorialists and politicians. By the end of Burbridge's tenure, Governor Thomas E.
Bramlette concluded that he was an 'imbecile commander' whose actions represented
nothing but the 'blundering of a weak intellect and an overwhelming vanity.' In this
revealing biography, Brad Asher explores how Burbridge earned his infamous reputation
and adds an important new layer to the ongoing reexamination of Kentucky during and
after the Civil War. He explains that Burbridge's use of measures, including retaliatory
executions, to quell guerrillas and Confederate partisans fell within the range of
tactics used by Union commanders faced with irregular fighters in other areas and
within the bounds of the laws of war as articulated by the Union high command. Burbridge
jailed, banished, and harassed those who expressed anti-Lincoln, anti-war, or pro-Confederate
political sympathies. Most importantly, however, he oversaw and sped along the destruction
of slavery by administering the recruitment and enlistment of enslaved people as soldiers.
This reassessment illuminates how Burbridge--as a Kentuckian and the local architect
of the destruction of slavery--became the scapegoat for white Kentuckians, including
many in the Unionist political elite, who were unshakably opposed to emancipation.
Beyond successfully recalibrating history's understanding of Burbridge, Asher's biography
adds administrative and military context to the state's reaction to emancipation and
sheds new light on its postwar pro-Confederacy shift"
Sujet(s) : Burbridge, Stephen G. (1831-1894)
Kentucky (États-Unis) -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
États-Unis -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Opérations militaires
États-Unis. Army -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Officiers
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.730 92 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1861-1865 - Opérations terrestres - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813181370. - ISBN 0813181372 (rel.). - ISBN 9780813181387 (erroné). - ISBN
9780813181394 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470266886
Notice n° :
FRBNF47026688
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Gentleman ; Soldier ; Commander ; Liberator ; Tyrant ; Butcher ; Pariah ;
Exile ; Appendix A: Retaliatory Executions of Guerrillas per Burbridge's General
Order No. 59 ; Appendix B: Actions Involving Irregular Forces in Kentucky, 1864-1865.
