Kentucky and the Second American Revolution: The War of 1812

Alarmed by infringements upon American commerce during the Napoleonic Wars, Kentuckians were early proponents of war with Great Britain. As a frontier state, Kentucky feared exposure to raids by British troops and their Indian allies. And so, when President Madison finally obtained a declaration of war, patriotic Kentuckians rushed to arms.

Kentucky's involvement in the agitation for war and in the war itself had political, social, and psychological consequences for the Commonwealth. In this compelling narrative, author James Wallace Hammack, Jr., traces those consequences and Kentucky's role in the developments of the war, which Kentuckians viewed as an effort to secure the American victory won in the Revolution.

Author: James W. Hammack
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 11/13/2009
Pages: 134
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d
ISBN: 9780813193137

About the Author

James Wallace Hammack, Jr. is an assistant professor of history in the oral history program at Murray State University.

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