Kentucky and Tennessee were mirror images of one another during the Civil War. Both were slave states with large numbers of Union and Confederate sympathizers. Kentuckians and Tennesseans suffered the same hardships as the armies waged war within their borders. Bound to each other and to the South by their common culture, economy, and values, the people of these two states found themselves on opposing sides at the most critical time in American history.

In Sister States, Enemy States, many distinguished historians examine the social, political, and economic impact of the war on the people of both states, including disenfranchised groups such as women, refugees, and African Americans. A significant addition to the study of the Civil War in the Bluegrass and Volunteer states, Sister States, Enemy States promises to find a wide audience among scholars and general readers alike.

Kent T. Dollar is assistant professor of history at Tennessee Technological University and is the author of Soldiers of the Cross: Confederate Soldier-Christians and the Impact of War on their Faith.

Larry H. Whiteaker is professor emeritus of history at Tennessee Technological University and author of The Individual and Society in America.

W. Calvin Dickinson is professor emeritus of history at Tennessee Technological University, is the coauthor of Tennessee Tales the Textbooks Don't Tell.

"Sister States, Enemy States is recommended to those interested in the Civil War, Tennessee and Kentucky."-Benet Exton, www.curledup.com

"Sister States, Enemy States will appeal to all who hold an interest in the history of the Civil War and its effects....It will remain current as long as that interest lasts."-Charles P. Roland, professor emeritus, University of Kentucky, author of An American Iliad: The Story of the Civil War

"Though the two adjacent states share the same historical roots and cultures, the Civil War constituted a break that could not be more profound, as Tennessee joined the Confederacy and Kentucky joined the Union."-Book News, Inc.

"This collection offers and excellent introduction to the history of Kentucky and Tennessee during the long middle of the nineteenth century."-Ohio Valley History

"Civil War-era scholars and enthusiasts alike will find the original essays covering an often overlooked region a delight, and the historical community at large will benefit from the social, economic, and political perspectives offered by this well-edited volume."-Matthew M. Stith, Arkansas Review

"Students who are interested in the field can gain a great deal of information in a concise manner that will serve as a springboard for further research. It is perhaps this that is the greatest contribution of the book. It is a must-have work for students and scholars of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the Western Theater."-Scott Tarnowiekckyi, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

"Anyone interested in Kentucky and Tennessee in the Civil War era will enjoy this book. The editors have done a superb job of recruiting authors and assembling good, in some cases outstanding, essays."-Earl J. Hess, The Journal of American History