Kentucky Confederates is a masterpiece. Long overdue, it chronicles the history of a region of Kentucky that has received little or no attention by historians heretofore. It is my considered opinion Craig's book will be the definitive work on his subject for many years.
~Kent Masterson Brown, editor of One of Morgan's Men: Memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry
Berry Craig's Kentucky Confederates is an interesting and significant contribution to Kentucky history, and a thoroughly instructive object lesson in loyalty studies in one of the many micro-regions of the Civil War era. It should instantly become, and remain the standard work on the subject.
~William C. Davis, author of Lincoln's Men: How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation
Kentucky Confederates contains more than enough unique insights to unreservedly recommend it for placement in the essential Civil War Kentucky bookshelf.
~Civil War Books and Authors
Historian Berry Craig has written a book long needed in Kentucky history, Civil War history, and the history of the nation.
~Kentucky Monthly
Craig's extensive research and incorporation of a wide variety of primary documents ensure this book will become the definitive work on the political, social, and military climate of the Purchase region during the Civil War.
~Kentucky Libraries
This thoroughly researched book is an interesting history about a region of Kentucky too often overlooked.
~Bowling Green Daily News
This book should become the standard work on the Civil War in the Purchase Area.
~Civil War News
Kentucky Confederates clearly illustrates that western Kentucky was a cultural and political bellwether that the rest of the state followed postwar in assuming a Confederate identity.
~Civil War Book Review
This is the definitive work on Kentucky's Confederates that will be the recognized standard for many years to come.
~Lone Star Book Review
This book should become the standard by which any other books concerning the Civil War in the Jackson Purchase are judged.
~Journal of America's Military Past
Kentucky Confederates is scholastically significant and proficiently executed Kentucky and Civil War border history.
~Matthew E. Stanley, Albany State University, The Journal of Southern History
Overall, this is a solid work presented by a knowledgeable scholar, and it is a must-read for those interested in Kentucky Civil War history.
~Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
[In this] new and thorough examination of this Kentucky region and its critical role in the political and military operations of the war... Berry Craig does a very nice job of explaining the singular, and often disregarded, narrative of the Civil War in this corner of the Bluegrass State. He makes good use of a wide array of diaries, newspaper accounts, and personal letters, and his lively prose keeps the book moving along nicely even as he gets into detailed political and military machinations. The result is a vivid portrait of military and civilian actions and popular sentiment in an overlooked but important section of the Civil War West. Furthermore, Craig's fully developed picture of the social, economic, and political development of the region offers readers more than just a standard Civil War chronicle. Kentucky Confederates certainly stands as the definitive account of this maverick portion of the Bluegrass state during the Civil War era.
~Civil War History
