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Civil War series looks at Lincoln's Kentucky connections

August 14, 2006

Stuart W. Sanders of the Kentucky Historical Society will be speaker for the Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau Civil War Lecture Series at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Boyle County Public Library in Danville.

Sanders' talk is titled, "Lincoln's Kentucky: The President's Bluegrass Connections." The lecture is free and open to the public.

"I will discuss Lincoln's many Kentucky connections," Sanders said. "From his family to his business associates, mentors, and friends, Kentucky and Kentuckians played an incredibly influential role in Lincoln's life."

Sanders added that the presentation will also give an overview of the upcoming Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, which will run from 2008 to 2010.

"The State of Illinois has claimed Lincoln for itself, but many people forget that Lincoln was born in Kentucky and married a Lexingtonian," said, Chris Kolakowski, executive director of the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association. "So much of who Lincoln was and what he did touched the Bluegrass State."

Sanders began working at Civil War sites at age 15, when he became a docent at the Lee Chapel, the burial site of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, in Lexington, Va. After graduating from Centre College, Sanders joined the staff of the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association, where he served for nine years as assistant director and executive director. He is now Civil War heritage specialist for the state historical society, and works as staff to the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

He is the author of Kentucky's Civil War Heritage Trail, a Civil War tour guide of the commonwealth published by the Kentucky Department for Travel Development, and has written for Civil War History, Civil War Times Illustrated, America's Civil War, Blue and Gray, Military History Quarterly, Kentucky Humanities, Kentucky Monthly, The Washington Times, and several other publications.

The monthly series continues Sept. 21 with a panel discussion on the 1862 Kentucky Campaign that included the battles of Munfordville, Richmond and Perryville. Sanders will moderate the panel and participants will include Kolakowski, Tres Seymour, Munfordville, and Dr. Paul Rominger, Richmond.

Other speakers throughout the year include Jim Prichard from the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (Oct. 19), nationally-recognized Civil War historian Dr. Charles Roland (Nov.16), and Don Rightmyer from the Boyle County Public Library and author of a forthcoming book on Kentucky in the Civil War (Dec. 14).

The lecture series is co-sponsored by the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association, the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Boyle County Public Library.

For more information, call (859) 332-1862.

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