For Kentuckians; the Civil War was truly a conflict of brother against brother. As a slave state bordering the United States and the Confederate States; Kentucky had ties to both the North and South. Although its state government remained in the Union; the people of Kentucky were divided in sentiment; prompting some 40;000 Kentuckians to leave their homes to fight for Southern independence. When Confederate soldiers eventually returned from the country’s bloodiest war; they were held in high regard by their fellow Kentuckians. To be counted among the state’s Confederate veterans was an honor; and when the number of living Confederate veterans began to dwindle; groups across Kentucky raised monuments to their memory. Remembering Kentucky’s Confederates presents an overview of the state’s Confederate soldiers and units who fought bravely in the War Between the States.
#1552345 in Books Basic Books 2003-08-25 2003-09-02Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 .93 x 5.72 x 8.62l; #File Name: 0738205702256 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Cultured Gift IndeedBy RYCJGoing beneath and beyond a personal journaling of narratives Mr. Eubanks' expounds on a system that raised him and his family; and many others living inside and around Ole' Miss's Delta. The title alone hones in on this contention; harmonizing the phrase one of Mississippi's Governors made when answering the question; `...whether the public schools in Mississippi would ever be integrated.'It; therefore; became a stretch reading this account in a long time ago sequence; when this sequence of events still conjures so much remembrance; and values; and even a reworked system of beliefs and perspectives (albeit; not all negative) that I'd rather learn from; than turn away from. The mannerisms and culture I've come into contact with befriending people as refined as the Eubanks'; who lived and lives in Mississippi; probes my mind wanting to know where these auspiciously well-bred customs derived. And honestly; this time; however many would like to forget; (to include those still bearing scars); was not so long ago.Ever Is A Long Time is a necessary rendering of empowering significance; one I commend Eubanks' for writing.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Poignant memoir of a deeply flawed societyBy Jonathan GronerThis book deserved much more notice than it received when it came out. Ralph Eubanks left Mississippi many years ago; but Mississippi never left him. For decades; he harbored the desire to understand his home state's strange fascination; and the release in 1998 of the records of the state's Sovereignty Commission; which was designed to keep segregation in effect; gave him an opportunity to look back at his past.Eubanks always knew that his parents intentionally shielded him from the ugliness and the violence of Mississippi in the 1950s and 1960s; but until he began to delve into the commission's records; he did not know how much shielding had actually gone on. He and his three sisters enjoyed a close family life and nurtured a sense of pride; even superiority; to the white people around him -- even while Klansmen and their supporters were targeting "outside agitators" and "communists;" their names for whites and blacks who wanted to end segregation.Eubanks writes in a clear; straightforward style; mixing memory with present reality. He avoids cliches and brings to life a time long past.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A very important story.By S MorrisThis book was one of the most well written books I have read in a long time. It is also a very important story that I think should be mandatory reading in 8th grade as well as for everyone who has experienced the 1960's or heard about how the south fought integration. A fight that continues today in the Nation's capital; Washington; DC.
