Kentucky's Rebel Press: Pro-Confederate Media and the Secession Crisis

by Berry Craig

Throughout the Civil War, the influence of the popular press and its skillful use of propaganda was extremely significant in Kentucky. Union and Confederate sympathizers were scattered throughout the border slave state, and in 1860, at least twenty-eight of the commonwealth's approximately sixty newspapers were pro-Confederate, making the secessionist cause seem stronger in Kentucky than it was in reality. In addition, the impact of these "rebel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813174597
• ISBN13: 9780813174594
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary