However, each fought for a different side. The senator's sons, George Bibb Crittenden and Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, both served as generals in the Civil War. Kentucky's ambivalence was reflected in the Crittenden family as well. While he ultimately remained loyal to the United States, he also proposed a plan (the Crittenden Compromise) which called for the federal government to leave the issue of slavery to the states. Crittenden was torn by the disputes between the Union and the Confederacy. But after contingents from both the Union and Confederacy traveled to Kentucky (Confederate troops entered first), the state government became divided.
Crittenden struggled to hold his state together as dissident factions debated over whether to side with the Union or Confederacy. Crittenden was a senator from Kentucky, the state maybe most divided by the Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation changed the ugly face of slavery forever! Young men went off to war and came home legends.John J. Between the first shots fired at Fort Sumter and the end of the war at Appomattox Court House, thousands of people died and many cities were destroyed. This cultural difference was another issue that divided young America. The South depended on slave labor to keep their agricultural economy growing. The Bloodest Battle of the Civil War: September 17, 1862 When Brother Fought Brother: The America Civil War Many fought against their own brothers - and didn't come home at all!Ī partial list of the Table of Contents include: The Emancipation Proclamation changed the ugly face of slavery forever! Young men went off to war and came home legends. "Preservation of the Union" became the battlecry when Southerners left the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. Lee believed that individual states should not be forced to remain in the Union against their will. These worlds collided when a newly elected Abraham Lincoln decided that he would use force to keep the Union together. When America was young, she was nearly torn apart! The new nation was already divided into tow separate worlds: North and South. The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine.
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