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Unconditional Unionist: The Hazardous Life of Lucian Anderson, Kentucky Congressman

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When U.S. Congressman Lucian Anderson from Kentucky voted for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in January 1865, abolishing slavery, he gambled more than his political career. Anderson used to be from Mayfield, one of the crucial rabidly secessionist towns in the Bluegrass State. All the way through the Civil War, his political alignment changed from pro-slavery Union Democrat to Unconditional Unionist to Republican. Elected by Unionists in 1863, he soon received death threats and used to be kidnapped by Confederate raiders who held him for ransom (whilst he tried to convert them to the Union cause).
He used to be a Kentucky delegate to the 1864 national convention that re-nominated President Abraham Lincoln. Knowing he could not win every other term, Anderson didn’t are searching for reelection in 1865. In keeping with newspaper articles, letters and other latest sources, this book provides a detailed portrait of an lost sight of but significant figure of the Civil War and Kentucky history.

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