We Shall Conquer or Die: Partisan Warfare in 1862 Western Kentucky (Derrick Lindow - CH) Section-Letters/memoirs university graveyards

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Remembering the War

the opposing armies grappled for position wondering what would come next

His patriotism shattered by senseless carnage

We Shall Conquer or Die: Partisan Warfare in 1862 Western Kentucky (Derrick Lindow - CH) Section-Letters/memoirs university graveyardsby Derrick Lindow Western Kentucky: a deadly and expensive war within a war raged there behind the front and often out of the major headlines. In 1862, the region was infested with guerrilla activity that pitted brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor in a personal war that recognized few boundaries. The raiding and fighting took hundreds of lives, destroyed or captured millions of dollars of supplies, and siphoned away thousands of men