The Western Theater in the Civil War

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Western Theater Primary Voices20 days ago

Several weeks ago, we put on our YouTube channel a new set of videos called "Western Theater Voices." Currently, we have three videos and each new one will be a somewhat dramatic rendering of a primary source from the Western Theater. Check out the videos below: Diary of Sam Cox, 17th Kentucky Infantry, at Fort Donelson. A soldier in the 30th Illinois writes to his local newspap...

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Kentucky’s Neutrality Tested32 days ago

Kentucky's neutrality is tested during a secession convention in Mayfield.

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The Battle of Rowlett's Station34 days ago

The Battle of Rowlett’s Station, fought along the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at the Green River bridge in Hart County, Kentucky, on 17 December 1861, was a small engagement by later Civil War standards, but it revealed much about leadership, training, and the character of the Western Theater in the war’s first year. Fewer than five hundred Union infantrymen of the 32nd ...

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Into the Land of Grant3 months ago

A chilly November morning, fog rolling off the nearby Ohio River and Big Indian Creek, passersby on their commute to work, and a small park and white frame house - the birthplace site of one Hiram Ulysses Grant. This Ohio History Connection property, managed locally by Historic New Richmond, is not often visited, having limited hours during warm weather months, and none during c...

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