Kentucky and the War of 1812: The Governor, the Farmers and the Pig

How the Bluegrass State Helped Win a War

While not a single battle of the War of 1812 was fought on Kentucky soil, Kentuckians were involved to the very end. Henry Clay and his War Hawks convinced Congress and President Madison to declare war, and helped negotiate the Treaty of Ghent that ended it. After two massacres of Kentucky militia on the Northwestern front, Governor Isaac Shelby, still the only sitting governor to lead troops into battle, more than 4,000 locals and a pig marched to Canada to defeat the British and kill Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames. Author Doris Dearen Settles explains how Kentuckians won the war of 1812 and why it is far more significant than textbooks record.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 08/21/2023
ISBN: 9781467154857
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.39d