Ibis Communications, Collection
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Brother Against Brother - The Crittenden brothers - George (left)
a general in the Confederate Army, Thomas, a general in the Union Army.
The American Civil War broke many families apart as individual family
members followed the dictates of their own loyalties. (See "Battlefield
Tragedy, 1862")
This was particularly true in the Border
States. Senator John J. Crittenden represented the state of Kentucky
in the U.S. Congress. When war broke, his son George joined the Confederate
Army while another, Thomas, joined the Union forces. Both became generals
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