Civil War Dispatch 20 - Bluegrass leads unity effort

Published: June 3, 2011, 4 a.m.

Each week, we chart the Commonwealth's course as it navigated the opening days of the Civil War. On today's Kentucky Civil War Dispatch, the Bluegrass tries to lead a divided nation back to unity as the nascent conflict, largely political since Fort Sumter, threatens to become a shooting war.