
Wolford's Cavalry
The Colonel, the War in the West, and the Emancipation Question in Kentucky
Dan Lee(Author)
Potomac Books Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. October 2016
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-1-61234-851-3 (ISBN)
Description
Colonel Frank Wolford, the acclaimed Civil War colonel of the First Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, is remembered today primarily for his unenviable reputation. Despite his stellar service record and widespread fame, Wolford ruined his reputation and his career over the question of emancipation and the enlistment of African Americans in the army.
Unhappy with Abraham Lincoln's public stance on slavery, Wolford rebelled and made a series of treasonous speeches against the president. Dishonorably discharged and arrested three times, Wolford, on the brink of being exiled beyond federal lines into the Confederacy, was taken in irons to Washington DC to meet with Lincoln. Lincoln spared Wolford, however, and the disgraced colonel returned to Kentucky, where he was admired for his war record and rewarded politically for his racially based rebellion against Lincoln.
Although his military record established him as one of the most vigorous, courageous, and original commanders in the cavalry, Wolford's later reputation suffered. Dan Lee restores balance to the story of a crude, complicated, but talented man and the unconventional regiment he led in the fight to save the Union. Placing Wolford in the context of the political and cultural crosscurrents that tore at Kentucky during the war, Lee fills out the historical picture of "Old Roman Nose."
Unhappy with Abraham Lincoln's public stance on slavery, Wolford rebelled and made a series of treasonous speeches against the president. Dishonorably discharged and arrested three times, Wolford, on the brink of being exiled beyond federal lines into the Confederacy, was taken in irons to Washington DC to meet with Lincoln. Lincoln spared Wolford, however, and the disgraced colonel returned to Kentucky, where he was admired for his war record and rewarded politically for his racially based rebellion against Lincoln.
Although his military record established him as one of the most vigorous, courageous, and original commanders in the cavalry, Wolford's later reputation suffered. Dan Lee restores balance to the story of a crude, complicated, but talented man and the unconventional regiment he led in the fight to save the Union. Placing Wolford in the context of the political and cultural crosscurrents that tore at Kentucky during the war, Lee fills out the historical picture of "Old Roman Nose."
Reviews / Votes
Excerpt from Wolford's Cavalry:"If many of [Wolford's] political notions have become unacceptable in what we hope and believe is a more enlightened time, his record as a fighting Union man remains as one to be honored. That is the way it is with Wolford. Every statement of fact about this exasperating Kentuckian can be countered with, "Yes, but . . . " Therein lies the interest and the aggravation."
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dulles
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
8 figures, 3 maps, index
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
617 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61234-851-3 (9781612348513)
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Wolford's Cavalry
The Colonel, the War in the West, and the Emancipation Question in Kentucky
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Dan Lee
Wolford's Cavalry
The Colonel, the War in the West, and the Emancipation Question in Kentucky
E-Book
10/2016
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Person
Dan Lee is a Civil War historian and the author of several books, including The L&N Railroad in the Civil War: A Vital North-South Link and the Struggle to Control It and Thomas J. Wood: A Biography of the Union General in the Civil War.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Born to Be a Soldier
2. A Peaceful Interlude
3. Camp Dick Robinson and Wildcat Mountain
4. Detachments
5. Mill Springs
6. Soldiering in Tennessee
7. The Perryville Campaign
8. Clouds of Blue and Gray
9. Crossed Sabers
10. Return to Tennessee
11. Fighting Longstreet
12. What No Man Could Predict
13. Wolford and Lincoln
14. The Atlanta Campaign
15. Stoneman’s Macon Raid
16. Home
17. A Soldier Goes to His Reward
Notes
Bibliography
Index