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Elektronisches PublizierenEuropean Diamond Capacity HubOpen AccessVeranstaltungGerman
Published in Gemeinsamer Blog der DINI AGs
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In der Welt der wissenschaftlichen Publikationen liegen viele Diamanten noch verborgen: Frei zugängliche Schätze, die weder Autor*innen noch Lesenden Gebühren verursachen und der wissenschaftlichen Gemeinschaft gehören. Doch wie findet man diese Diamanten? Wer darf sie definieren? Und wie stellt man sicher, dass sie sichtbar bleiben?

Appalachian HistoryLaurel County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History A Mountain County on the Front Line When the Civil War reached Kentucky in 1861, Laurel County sat in a place that generals on both sides could not ignore. The Wilderness Road threaded up from Cumberland Gap through London and the Rockcastle Hills toward the Bluegrass. Whoever held that narrow corridor could threaten Lexington and the Ohio River or shield East Tennessee from invasion.

Appalachian HistoryCarter County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History On a late September night in 1861, lamplight spilled from the tall windows of a brick mansion just south of Grayson. Inside Landsdowne Hall, a circle of young men passed plates around Dr. Andrew Jackson Landsdowne’s table and spoke in low voices about rifles, road junctions, and the long ride ahead toward Confederate lines in eastern Kentucky.

Appalachian HistoryWolfe County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History A New County on the Eve of War When the Civil War began, Wolfe County itself was only a year old. Created in 1860 from pieces of Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, and Powell Counties, it became Kentucky’s one-hundred-tenth county, with its seat at the little river town of Campton. That timing helps explain why wartime records can be confusing.

Appalachian HistoryKnox County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History On a foggy September morning in 1861, the American Civil War arrived in Knox County. About 800 Confederates under Colonel Joel A. Battle, sent forward by Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer, marched toward a small Unionist training ground called Camp Andrew Johnson on the edge of Barbourville.

Appalachian HistoryLetcher County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History A New Mountain County Caught In A National Crisis When the Civil War began, Letcher County was a very young place on the Kentucky map. The General Assembly created it in 1842 from parts of Harlan and Perry Counties and fixed the seat at Whitesburg on the North Fork of the Kentucky River. This was not plantation country.

Appalachian HistoryClay County KY
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History Clay County does not appear on lists of famous Civil War battlefields. There was no great set piece fight at Manchester, no endless lines of blue and gray charging across open fields. Instead, Clay County’s war centered on something far more basic and far more valuable than glory. It centered on salt.