Winter Lecture Series: Changes in Irregular Warfare in Kentucky, 1862-65
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January 18, 2025 @ 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM EST
Nicholasville, KY 40356
Join the National Park Service (NPS) for the 4th Annual Winter Lecture Series at Camp Nelson National Monument! This event features 5 programs on select Saturdays beginning in January 2025. The programs take place at the Reconstructed Barracks and are free and open to the public.
Saturday, January 11th:
Derrick Lindow, Changes in Irregular Warfare in Kentucky: 1862-1865
Derrick Lindow, Changes in Irregular Warfare in Kentucky: 1862-1865
Irregular warfare in Kentucky saw drastic changes from 1862-1865. In the earlier stages of the war, there was much more civility and a respect toward the rules of war and non-combatants. By 1864 and into 1865, the brutality of guerrilla war seemingly touched every corner of the state and affected everyone from civilian Unionists, returning Union veterans, United States Colored Troops, Freemen, and sometimes, even Confederate sympathizers. Exactly how were the stages of irregular warfare different in Kentucky, and what brought about the drastic changes?
Derrick Lindow is an 8th grade US History teacher in Owensboro, Kentucky. He is the author of the recent book We Shall Conquer or Die: Partisan Warfare in 1862 Western Kentucky (2024) and runs the Western Theater in the Civil War website.
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