Category: History: U.S.: 19th Century

Copyright/published Year: 2016 by Potomac Bks (Univ of

ISBN: 1612348513

Binding: Hardcover

Description: Colonel Frank Wolford, the acclaimed Civil War colonel of the ì First Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, is remembered today primarily ì for his unenviable reputation. Despite his stellar service record ì and widespread fame, Wolford ruined his reputation and his career ì over the question of emancipation and the enlistment of African ì Americans in the army.

Unhappy with Abraham Lincoln's public stance on slavery, ì Wolford rebelled and made a series of treasonous speeches against ì the president. Dishonorably discharged and arrested three times, ì Wolford, on the brink of being exiled beyond federal lines into ì the Confederacy, was taken in irons to Washington DC to meet with ì Lincoln. Lincoln spared Wolford, however, and the disgraced ì colonel returned to Kentucky, where he was admired for his war ì record and rewarded politically for his racially based rebellion ì against Lincoln.

Although his military record established him as one of the ì most vigorous, courageous, and original commanders in the ì cavalry, Wolford's later reputation suffered. Dan Lee restores ì balance to the story of a crude, complicated, but talented man ì and the unconventional regiment he led in the fight to save the ì Union. Placing Wolford in the context of the political and ì cultural crosscurrents that tore at Kentucky during the war, Lee ì fills out the historical picture of "Old Roman Nose."

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This is a used book and is in ' like new' condition.

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Like new copy. Appears never read. NO remainder markings.