LEADER 03627oam 22004934a 450 001 9910814056503321 005 20230721192042.0 010 $a0-8131-8138-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011934662 035 $a(OCoLC)1250630280 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse92078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6621653 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6621653 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011934662 100 $a20210211d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Most Hated Man in Kentucky$eThe Lost Cause and the Legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge /$fBrad Asher 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cUniversity Press of Kentucky,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ[2021] 215 $a1 online resource 327 $aGentleman -- Soldier -- Commander -- Liberator -- Tyrant -- Butcher -- Pariah -- Exile -- Appendix A: Retaliatory Executions of Guerrillas per Burbridge's General Order No. 59 -- Appendix B: Actions Involving Irregular Forces in Kentucky, 1864-1865. 330 $a"For the last third of the nineteenth century, Union General Stephen Gano Burbridge enjoyed the unenviable distinction of being the most hated man in Kentucky. From mid-1864, just months into his reign as the military commander of the state, until his death in December 1894, the mere mention of his name triggered a firestorm of curses from editorialists and politicians. By the end of Burbridge's tenure, Governor Thomas E. Bramlette concluded that he was an 'imbecile commander' whose actions represented nothing but the 'blundering of a weak intellect and an overwhelming vanity.' In this revealing biography, Brad Asher explores how Burbridge earned his infamous reputation and adds an important new layer to the ongoing reexamination of Kentucky during and after the Civil War. He explains that Burbridge's use of measures, including retaliatory executions, to quell guerrillas and Confederate partisans fell within the range of tactics used by Union commanders faced with irregular fighters in other areas and within the bounds of the laws of war as articulated by the Union high command. Burbridge jailed, banished, and harassed those who expressed anti-Lincoln, anti-war, or pro-Confederate political sympathies. Most importantly, however, he oversaw and sped along the destruction of slavery by administering the recruitment and enlistment of enslaved people as soldiers. This reassessment illuminates how Burbridge--as a Kentuckian and the local architect of the destruction of slavery--became the scapegoat for white Kentuckians, including many in the Unionist political elite, who were unshakably opposed to emancipation. Beyond successfully recalibrating history's understanding of Burbridge, Asher's biography adds administrative and military context to the state's reaction to emancipation and sheds new light on its postwar pro-Confederacy shift"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aGenerals$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00939841 606 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$2fast 607 $aKentucky$2fast 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vBiography 607 $aKentucky$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vBiography 608 $aHistory. 608 $aBiographies. 615 7$aGenerals. 615 0$aGenerals 700 $aAsher$b Brad$f1963-$01693001 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814056503321 996 $aThe Most Hated Man in Kentucky$94070497 997 $aUNINA