Editing Hopkinsville, Kentucky (section)

===Civil War===
The [[American Civil War|Civil War]] generated major divisions in Christian County. [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] support in Hopkinsville and Christian County was evident in the formation of the "Oak Grove Rangers" and the 28th Kentucky Cavalry. Christian County was  the actual birthplace of [[Jefferson Davis]], [[president of the Confederate States of America]], though his birthplace is now part of [[Todd County, Kentucky]].  Several local businessmen and plantation owners contributed money and war supplies to the South. After Confederate forces retreated to Tennessee, however, Camp Joe Anderson was established by the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] to the northwest of Hopkinsville in 1862. Men who trained there became members of the 35th Kentucky Cavalry, the [[25th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry|25th Kentucky Infantry]], and the [[35th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry|35th Kentucky Infantry]]. [[List of American Civil War generals (Union)|Gen.]] [[James S. Jackson]] had been a Hopkinsville attorney before the war and was killed in service to the Union at the [[Battle of Perryville]] in October 1862. Private citizens who supported the Union cause provided the army with mules, wagons, clothing, and food.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

The occupation of Hopkinsville changed at least half a dozen times between the Confederate and Union forces. In December 1864, Confederate troops under [[List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)|Gen.]] [[Hylan B. Lyon]] captured the town and burned down the Christian County courthouse which was being used at that time by the Union army as a barracks. Another skirmish between Union and Confederate forces took place in the field opposite Western State Hospital near the end of the war. {{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}