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General E.A. Paine in Western Kentucky - Assessing the ""Reign of Terror"" of the Summer of 1864 (Paperback)
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General E.A. Paine in Western Kentucky - Assessing the ""Reign of Terror"" of the Summer of 1864 (Paperback)
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When General E. A. Paine assumed command of the military District
of Western Kentucky at Paducah in the summer of 1864, he
encountered an unwelcoming and defiant populace, a thriving black
market and an undisciplined army plagued by low morale. Outside the
picket lines, armed guerrillas were pillaging towns, terrorizing
citizens and even murdering the vocal few that supported the Union.
Paine was assigned the impossible task to cure the district's many
ailments and defend a hostile area that covered over 2,300 square
miles. In less than two months, he succeeded where past commanders
had failed. To the region's secessionist majority, Paine's tenure
was a "reign of terror;" to the Unionist minority, it was a "happy
and jubilant" time. An abolitionist, Paine supported the
Emancipation Proclamation, promoted the enlistment of African
American troops and encouraged fair wages to former slaves. These
principled views, however, led to his downfall. His critics and
enemies wanted him out. Falsified reports led to his removal from
command and court martial. Paine was exonerated on all but one
minor charge, yet generations of local and state historians
perpetuated the Paine-the-monster myth. This book tells the true
story of General E. A. Paine.
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