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9 September 1861: “I am afraid that the South part of Ky. is avowed to taste of the bitter civil war first.”

Item description: Given Campbell was born in Salem, Ky., on 31 December 1835. He studied law at the University of Virginia and, upon graduation, took up practice in Saint Louis, Mo. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he returned … Continue reading

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