Civil War

Online Resources related to the Civil War in the Jackson Purchase Area of Southwest Kentucky and Northwest Tennessee.

General Histories

• “The Civil War in the Purchase” by Lon Carter Barton; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 17, pp. 79-91.
• “The Old First is with the South”: The Civil War, Reconstruction, and Memory in the Jackson Purchase Region of Kentucky by Patricia Ann Hoskins; Dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Auburn University, 2008.
• “Between the Rivers: The War from the Tennessee to the Mississippi by Charles Granville Hamilton; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 10, pp. 1-12.
• “Kentucky’s Rebel Press: The Jackson Purchase Newspaper in 1861” by Berry F. Craig; Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 75, pp. 20-27.
• “Voices of a Border State: Editorials of the Civil War Kentucky Press” by Melonie Shemberger; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 42 pp. 74-88.
• “Kentucky’s ‘Purchase’ Area during the Civil War” by John E. L. Robertson; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 39 pp. 129-168.
• “The Civil War in Western Kentucky and West Tennessee, 1860-1865: Toward Understanding the Significance of the Jackson Purchase” by William H. Mulligan; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 41 pp. 106-124.

Secession Movement

• “The Jackson Purchase Considers Secession: The 1861 Mayfield Convention” by Barry F. Craig; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 339-361.
• “Kentucky’s South Carolina: The Jackson Purchase in the Secession Crisis of 1860-1861” by Berry F. Craig; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 3, pp. 28-34.
• “Henry Cornelius Burnett: Champion of Southern Rights” by Barry F. Craig; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 77, No. 4, pp. 266-274.
• “The South Carolina of Kentucky: Religion and Secession in the Jackson Purchase” by Alan Bearman; Filson Club Historical Quarterly, Vol. 76, pp. 495-521.
• “The Jackson Purchase and the End of the Neutrality Policy in Kentucky” by Jack Calbert; Filson Club Historical Quarterly, Vol. 38, pp. 206-223.

Military Operations – General Overview

• “Military and Naval Activity between Cairo and Columbus” by Robert D. Whitesell; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 107-121.
• “Military Operations in the Jackson Purchase Area of Kentucky, 1862-1851” (Part 1) by Hunter B. Whitesell; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 141-167.
• “Military Operations in the Jackson Purchase Area of Kentucky, 1862-1851” (Part 2) by Hunter B. Whitesell; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 240-267.
• “Military Operations in the Jackson Purchase Area of Kentucky, 1862-1851” (Part 3) by Hunter B. Whitesell; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 323-348.
• “Prelude to Donelson: Grant’s January, 1862, March into Kenutcky” by C. Peter Ripley; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 68, pp. 311-318.
• “Northern Conquerers and Southern Deliverers: The Civil War Comes to the Jackson Purchase” by Benny F. Craig; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 17-30.

Union Occupation

• “The Paducah Affair: Bloodless Action that Altered the Civil War in the Mississippi Valley” by E. B. Long; Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 70, pp. 253-276.
• “Military Government and Divided Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Northwest Tennessee, June 1862 – August 1862” by Nathan K. Moran; West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 48, pp. 91-106.
• “Civil War Exodus: The Jews and Grant’s General Order No.” by Stephen V. Ash; The Historian, Vol. 44 No. 4, pp. 505-523.
• “Kentuckians Expelled by Federal Government” by John Robertson, Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal, Vol. 40, pp. 116-134.
• “List of Men that worked on the Fortifications at Mayfield, Kentucky August 17 to September 13, 1864” by Dieter C. Ullrich; Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal, Vol. 41, pp. 73-105.
• “Reign of Terror in West Kentucky? – Part 1” by Dieter C. Ullrich and Berry Craig; North & South Magazine, Ser. 2, Vol. 1, No. 4, 48-57.
• “Reign of Terror in West Kentucky? – Part 2” by Dieter C. Ullrich and Berry Craig; North & South Magazine, Ser. 2, Vol. 1, No. 5, 62-69.
• “Captain Thomas Jones Gregory, Guerrilla Hunter” by Berry Craig and Dieter Ullrich; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 45, 44-61.

Confederate Troops

• “Jackson Purchase Confederate Troops in the Civil War” by Berry Craig; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 2, pp. 4-11.

African American Troops

• “African American Troops in Far West Kentucky during the Civil War: Recruitment and Service of the Fourth U.S. Heavy Artillery Colored” by William H. Mulligan, Jr.; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 45, pp. 32-43.

Fort Heiman and Calloway County

• “The Civil War in Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky” by Robert W. Caldwell; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 17, pp. 113-123.
• “Fort Heiman: Forgotten Fortress” by John A. Eisterhold; West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 28, pp. 43-54.
• “Calloway County’s First Confederates” by Dieter C. Ullrich; Murray Life Magazine, 2014 Summer Issue, pp. 44-46.

Camp Beauregard – Graves County

• “Camp Beauregard Graves County, Kentucky” by Phillip M. Shelton; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 148-157.
• “Confederate Operations in the Jackson Purchase: A History of Camp Beauregard, Kentucky” by Dieter C. Ullrich, The Filson History Quarterly, Vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 459-493.
• Camp Beauregard, KY: Military Unit Presence, Illness, and Death Reports by Gregory S. Miller and William L. Wells; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 42, pp. 147-186.
• Supplemental Report for Camp Beauregard, KY: Military Unit Presence, Illness, and Death Reports by Gregory S. Miller and William L. Wells; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 43, pp. 196-199.

Battle of Lochridge’s Mills – Weakley County

• “Captain Charles Cooper Nott and the Battle of Lockridge’s Mills” by Lonnie E. Maness; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 3, pp. 12-20.
• “The Skirmish at Lockridge Mills in Weakley County” by William W. Chester; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 15, pp. 50-54.
• “They Met at Lockridge’s Mills” by Dieter C. Ullrich, The West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 51, pp. 1-20.

Columbus-Belmont – Hickman County

• “The Turning Point of Columbus” by Jay Carlton Mullen; Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 209-225.
• “Columbus: The Gibraltar of the West” by Lonnie E. Maness; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 10, pp. 23-33.

Island No. 10 – Lake County

• “The Confederate Surrender at Tiptonville and the Conclusion of the Island No. 10 Campaign” by Dieter C. Ullrich; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 48, pp. 12-40.
• “The Confederate Western Defense Line Crumbles: The Story of Island Number Ten” by Lonnie E. Maness; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 11, pp. 34-44.
• “Pope’s New Madrid and Island Number 10 Campaigns” by Jay Carlton Mullen; Missouri Historical Review, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 325-343.
• “Federal Operations at New Madrid and Island Number Ten” by Lonnie J. White; West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 17, pp. 47-67.
• “Morale as a Factor in the Confederate Failure at Island Number Ten” by H. Blair Bentley; West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 31, pp. 117-131.

Union City – Obion County

• “The Ruse that Worked: The Capture of Union City in 1864” by Lonnie E. Maness; West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 30, pp. 91-103.
• “West Tennessee Unionists in the Civil War: A Hawkins Family Letter” by Charles L. Lufkin; Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 33-42.

Battle of Paducah – McCracken County

• Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events by Frank Moore; Vol. 8, pp. 1-8, 37-40, 49-52, 73-74 and 499-510.
• “Fort Pillow Massacre: The Aftermath of Paducah” by Ronald K. Huch; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 66 No. 1, pp. 62-70.
• “The Battle of Paducah” by John Philip Cashon; Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal; Vol. 42, pp. 106-146.

Battle of Paris – Henry County

• “What is all this for anyhow: The Battle of Paris, Tennessee” by Dieter C. Ullrich; West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 58, pp. 55-85.

Bolivar – Hardeman County

• The Civil War Skirmish near Bolivar, Tennessee: March, 1864 by William W. Chester; Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal; Vol. 21, pp. 10-15.

Diaries, Journals, Letters, Memoirs, etc.

• “The Civil War Letters of Andrew Lucas Hunt: Part I – Columbus, Kentucky (June 6 – July 30, 1864)” by Dieter C. Ullrich; Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal, Vol. 40, pp. 11-115.
• “The Civil War Letters of Andrew Lucas Hunt: Part II – Columbus, Kentucky (August 2 – September 18, 1864)” by Dieter C. Ullrich; Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal, Vol. 41, pp. 12-72.
• Diary of Aaron Loder Mastin, 41st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company F, from August 1, 1861 to April 20, 1862.
• Journal of Private Hawley V. Needham, 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company G, from May 22, 1864 to October 23, 1864.
• “Civil War Diary of Private Hawley V. Needham, 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment June 10 to October 2, 1864” by Dieter C. Ullrich; Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal, Vol. 43, pp. 147-195.
• Diaries of Martin Van Buren Oldham, 9th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Company G (recruited in Weakley County, Tennessee), from January 1, 1863 to August 1, 1864.
• Excerpts from the Journal of Sergeant Eugene B. Read, 3rd Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, Company M, from July 31, 1864 to December 20, 1864.
• “Five Civil War Letters” by John K. Ross, Jr.; Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal, Vol. 18, pp. 27-30.
• “H. R. A. McCorkle: The Civil War Diary of a C.S.A. Private by William W. Chester; Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal, Vol. 19, pp. 21-28.
• Summary Notes from the Court Martial of General E. A. Paine at Paducah, Kentucky in February of 1865 by Dieter C. Ullrich; National Archives, Records of the Judge Advocates General’s Office (Army), Entry 15, Court Martial Case Files, 1809-1894, File no. MM-1609, Boxes 1032-1033.
• Summary Notes of the Testimonies and Affidavits related to the Court Martial of General E. A. Paine by Dieter C. Ullrich; National Archives Records Administration, Microfilm publication M619 – Roll 242, Letters received by the Office of the Adjutant General, 1394 B 1864.
• Graves County Militia Rolls for the 1863 Draft; Grave County, Kentucky Militia Rolls for the 1863 Draft” transcribed by Dieter C. Ullrich; Kentucky Military History Museum Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.