The Hazardous Life of Lucian Anderson, Kentucky Congressman
by
Berry Craig, Dieter C. Ullrich
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
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 was from Mayfield, one of the most rabidly secessionist towns in the Bluegrass State. During the Civil War,...