Indiana Governor Oliver Morton letter to President Lincoln
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Indiana governor Oliver P. Morton wrote this letter to President Abraham Lincoln on September 20, 1861, about the military situation in Kentucky. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: General Sherman in Bullitt County
General Sherman in Bullitt County
Historical Marker 1324 in Bullitt County notes that General William T. Sherman brought a Union force to Lebanon Junction in September 1861 to counter the Confederate capture of Bowling Green.
The end of Kentucky's neutrally in September 1861…