Kentucky Civil War Dispatch 8: Lincoln's first address

Published: March 4, 2011, 5 a.m.

Each week, WKMS' own Civil War correspondent Todd Hatton brings us stories written by author and historian Berry Craig detailing the Commonwealth's role in the American Civil War. On today's Kentucky Civil War Dispatch, new U.S. President and Kentucky native Abraham Lincoln is sworn into office, and in his first address, urges calm amid the rising sectional tensions.