Jackson Purchase Historical Society

Online Resources related to the Civil War in the Jackson Purchase Area of Southwest Kentucky and Northwest Tennessee.

General Histories

• “The Civil War in the Purchase” by Lon Carter Barton; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 17, pp. 79-91.
• “The Old First is with the South”: The Civil War, Reconstruction, and Memory in the Jackson Purchase Region of Kentucky by Patricia Ann Hoskins; Dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Auburn University, 2008.
• “The Civil War in Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky” by Robert W. Caldwell; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 17, pp. 113-123.

Secession Movement

• “The Jackson Purchase Considers Secession: The 1861 Mayfield Convention” by Barry F. Craig; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 339-361.
• “Kentucky’s South Carolina: The Jackson Purchase in the Secession Crisis of 1860-1861″ by Berry F. Craig, Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 3, pp. 28-34.

Military Operations – General Overview

• “Military and Naval Activity between Cairo and Columbus” by Robert D. Whitesell; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 107-121.
• “Military Operations in the Jackson Purchase Area of Kentucky, 1862-1851″ (Part 1) by Hunter B. Whitesell; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 141-167.
• “Military Operations in the Jackson Purchase Area of Kentucky, 1862-1851″ (Part 2) by Hunter B. Whitesell; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 240-267.
• “Military Operations in the Jackson Purchase Area of Kentucky, 1862-1851″ (Part 3) by Hunter B. Whitesell; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 323-348.
• “Northern Conquerers and Southern Deliverers: The Civil War Comes to the Jackson Purchase” by Benny F. Craig; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 17-30.

Union Occupation

• “The Paducah Affair: Bloodless Action that Altered the Civil War in the Mississippi Valley” by E. B. Long; Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 70, pp. 253-276.
• “Military Government and Divided Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Northwest Tennessee, June 1862 – August 1862″ by Nathan K. Moran; West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 48, pp. 91-106.
• “Civil War Exodus: The Jews and Grant’s General Order No.” by Stephen V. Ash; The Historian, Vol. 44 No. 4, pp. 505-523.

Confederate Troops

• “Jackson Purchase Confederate Troops in the Civil War” by Berry Craig; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 2, pp. 4-11.

Fort Heiman – Calloway County

• “Fort Heiman: Forgotten Fortress” by John A. Eisterhold; West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 28, pp. 43-54.

Camp Beauregard – Graves County

• “Camp Beauregard Graves County, Kentucky” by Phillip M. Shelton; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 148-157.
• “Confederate Operations in the Jackson Purchase: A History of Camp Beauregard, Kentucky” by Dieter C. Ullrich, The Filson History Quarterly, Vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 459-493.

Battle of Lochridge’s Mills – Weakley County

• “Captain Charles Cooper Nott and the Battle of Lockridge’s Mills” by Lonnie E. Maness; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 3, pp. 12-20.
• “The Skirmish at Lockridge Mills in Weakley County” by William W. Chester; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 15, pp. 50-54.
• “They Met at Lockridge’s Mills” by Dieter C. Ullrich, The West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 51, pp. 1-20.

Columbus-Belmont – Hickman County

• “The Turning Point of Columbus” by Jay Carlton Mullen; Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 209-225.
• “Columbus: The Gibraltar of the West” by Lonnie E. Maness; Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 10, pp. 23-33.

Island No. 10 – Tipton County

• “The Confederate Western Defense Line Crumbles: The Story of Island Number Ten” by Lonnie E. Maness, Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, Vol. 11, pp. 34-44.
• “Federal Operations at New Madrid and Island Number Ten” by Lonnie J. White; West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 17, pp. 47-67.

Union City – Obion County

• “The Ruse that Worked: The Capture of Union City in 1864″ by Lonnie E. Maness; West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Vol. 30, pp. 91-103.

Diaries, Journals, Letters and Memoirs

• Journal of Private Hawley V. Needham, 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company G, from May 22, 1864 to October 23, 1864.
• Diaries of Martin Van Buren Oldham, 9th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Company G (recruited in Weakley County, Tennessee), from January 1, 1863 to August 1, 1864.
• Excerpts from the Journal of Sergeant Eugene B. Read, 3rd Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, Company M, from July 31, 1864 to December 20, 1864.

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