====== Civil War in Boone County ====== By Margaret Warminski General John Hunt Morgan Northern Kentucky was largely isolated from much of the [[Civil War]], but Boone County still participated in the conflict. Civil War era Boone County was, however, the setting for several local historical novels by Boone County’s most famous author - [[John Uri Lloyd]]. Although Kentucky was officially neutral, men from the county served on both sides, which created dissension in families and in communities. Two brief skirmishes took place in the county: one at [[Florence]] in [[1862]] and another known as [[Skirmish at Snow’s Pond]] near Walton in 1862. In the summer of [[1863]], the famous Confederate [[general_john_hunt_morgan|General John Hunt Morgan]] rode through Boone County after his escape from a Federal prison. The Civil War brought about the end of [[slavery]] in Boone County, where it had already been in decline for some time. As was the case in many communities across the country, the women of Boone County kept families and farmsteads together during the long years of the Civil War. Some widows or spinsters, such as [[Julia Dinsmore]], successfully operated large farmsteads. When peace returned, men who had fought against each other for four years returned home and, for the most part, once again became neighbors, fellow church members, and friends. ===== More Information ===== * //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/31086/0|Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky African Americans and the Constitution : Collection of Essays]]// * Darnell, Ken. //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24013/0|The Civil War in Montgomery County, Kentucky]]// * Ferguson, Bruce. //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/23619/0|John Hunt Morgan's Escape Through Boone County]]// [video] * Rouse, Jack. //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32820/0|The Civil War in Boone County, Kentucky: A Compiled List of the Soldiers...]]// * Schiffer, Thomas Durant. //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32827/0|There's a Stampede in Kentucky... a Yankee in Kentucky]]// * [[Cleveland Morning Leader article, July 31, 1862]] * //[[brother_against_brother|Brother Against Brother]]// ==== Related Websites ==== * [[http://www.civilwarhome.com/morganbio.htm|John Hunt Morgan]] * [[http://www.kentuckytourism.com/kentucky_civil_war|Exploring the Civil War in Kentucky]] * Browse [[http://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2011/10/toward-a-more-perfect-union-new-civil-war-category-in-the-prints-photographs-online-catalog/|Civil War Photos]] from the Library of Congress * Explore essays and other resources with UNC Chapel Hill's [[http://www.southerncultures.org/subjects/|Center for the Study of the American South]] * Many Boone County Confederate POWs were imprisoned at Camp Chase in Ohio [[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Camp_Chase?rec=662|History of Camp Chase]] and Camp Douglas in Illinois [[https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/ande/douglas.pdf|History of Camp Douglas]] ===== Related Topics ===== * [[civil_war_in_boone_county_teacher_kit|Civil War in Boone County, Kentucky: Teacher Kit]] * [[e.r.s._canby|General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby]] * [[general_john_hunt_morgan|General John Hunt Morgan]] * [[skirmish_at_snow_s_pond|Skirmish at Snow's Pond]] * [[War in Boone County]] ===== Videos ===== **The Civil War in Northern Kentucky** (4 parts) Presented by Dr. James Ramage, 2010 *[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRjkgolCm2k|Part 1 of 4]] *[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOQ_5lYmey4|Part 2 of 4]] *[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjUdwDNXqu0|Part 3 of 4]] *[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_GT38DJwiU|Part 4 of 4]] **Torn between North and South** (5 parts) Presented by Don Rightmyer, 2012 *[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfU5Ahx-q_M|Part 1 of 5]] *[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCqYPjJFZUY|Part 2 of 5]] *[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoG7Oenmp4U|Part 3 of 5]] *[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlt_0OKUruI|Part 4 of 5]] *[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHcFTR1ZgaA|Part 5 of 5]]