Robert Anderson, the hero of Fort Sumter, had been named as commander of Kentucky's military forces on September 18, 1861, headquartered in Louisville. His poor health had suffered even more during the long ordeal in South Carolina and he was forced give up his command three weeks later. His replacement at the head of the newly renamed Department of the Cumberland was Brigadier-General William T. Sherman. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Lowell H. Harrison, The Civil War in Kentucky (Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1975), 14.
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Battles/Soldiers
