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Kentucky's Civil War Era
Digitized Historic Newspapers
The Civil War Era is defined here as 1850-1875. Titles listed do not necessarily have digitized content during the this period. They were, however, publishing during this time and have digitized content elsewhere in time.
The Kentucky Digital Library (KDL) is under renovation.
The links to Browse Issues in the KDL ONLY have been turned off at this time. You can view most titles in the old KDL repository, or check progress on new titles in the new KDL repository.
Once all titles are available in the new KDL (date unknown), we'll turn on the Browse Issues links.
| Title | City | County | Years of Publication | Years Digitized | Status Chronicling America | Status Kentucky Digital Library |
| Bardstown Herald | Bardstown | Nelson | 1851-1855? | 1851-1851 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Bardstown Saturday Gazette | Bardstown | Nelson | 1855-189? | 1855-1855 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Big Sandy News | Louisa | Lawrance | 1855-current | 1885-1920 | tba | tba |
| Central Dispatch | Stanford | Lincoln | 186?-1??? | 1869-1869 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Christian Observer | Louisville | Jefferson | 1870-1876 | 1870-1870 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Christian Observer and Free Christian Commonwealth | Louisville | Jefferson | 1869-1870 | 1869-1870 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Commercial Review and Louisville Prices Daily | Louisville | Jefferson | 18??-1??? | 1855-1857 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Courier-Journal | Louisville | Jefferson | 1869-current | 1884- | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Cynthiana Democrat | Cynthiana | Harrison | 1868-current | 1869-1869 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Cynthiana News | Cynthiana | Harrison | 1854-1886 | 1855-1870 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Daily Commonwealth | Frankfort | Franklin | 1844-18?? | 1858-1863 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Daily Louisville Democrat | Louisville | Jefferson | 185?-1862 | 1855-1862 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Daily Louisville Times | Louisville | Jefferson | 1852-1857 | 1855-1857 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Dollar Weekly Bulletin | Maysville | Mason | 1862-1864 | 1862-1864 | Browse Issues | Browse Issues |
| Elizabethtown Democrat | Elizabethtown | Hardin | 1858-18?? | 1859-1859 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Elizabethtown News | Elizabethtown | Hardin | 1869-1874 | 1870-1870 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Evening Bulletin | Louisville | Jefferson | 18??-1862 | 1855-1858 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Farmers' Home Journal | Louisville | Jefferson | 1867-1932 | 1868-1884 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Frankfort Commonwealth | Frankfort | Franklin | 1843-18?? | 1859-1865 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Free Christian Commonwealth | Louisville | Jefferson | 1865-1869 | 1865-1869 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Free Press | Glasgow | Barren | 186?-18?? | 1861-1861 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Georgetown Herald | Georgetown | Scott | 1845-1856 | 1854-1854 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Hartford Herald | Hartford | Ohio | 1875-1926 | 1875-1922 | Browse Issues | Browse Issues |
| Hickman Courier | Hickman | Fulton | 1859-current | 1868-1922 | Browse Issues | Browse Issues |
| Interior Journal | Stanford | Lincoln | 1872-1881 | 1872-1881 | Browse Issues | Browse Issues |
| Jackson Purchase | Mayfield | Graves | 18??-1??? | 1869-1869 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky Advocate | Danville | Boyle | 1865-1940 | 1877-1877 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky Age | Cynthiana | Harrison | 185?-19?? | 1856-1857 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky rebel | Richmond | Madison | 18??-18?? | 1862-1862 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky Gazette | Lexington | Fayette | 1866-1907 | 1866-1907 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky Live Stock Record | Lexington | Fayette | 1875-1885 | 1881-1881 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky Sentinel | Mt. Sterling | Montgomery | 1865-188? | 1868-1881 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky State Flag | Paris | Bourbon | 18??-18?? | 1856-1856 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky Statesman (semi-weekly) |
Lexington | Fayette | 1849-18?? | 1855-1855 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky Statesman (weekly) |
Lexington | Fayette | 1849-18?? | 1852-1853 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky Tribune | Danville | Boyle | 1843-185? | 1851-1857 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky Weekly Messenger | Richmond | Madison | 1855-18?? | 1859-1859 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Kentucky Whig | Mt. Sterling | Montgomery | 184?-195? | 1852-1853 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Lebanon Post | Lebanon | Marion | 1852-1855 | 1852-1854 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Lexington Morning Democrat | Lexington | Fayette | 1802-1904 | 1903-1903 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Lexington Observer and Reporter (weekly) | Lexington | Fayette | 184?-1871 | 1851-1866 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Lexington Observer and Reporter (semi-weekly) | Lexington | Fayette | 1840-1870 | 1851-1868 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Anzeiger | Louisville | Jefferson | 18??-1921 | 1861-1861 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Courier-Journal | Louisville | Jefferson | 1868-1869 | 1868-1869 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Daily Courier | Louisville | Jefferson | 1851-186? | 1855-1866 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Daily Courier (evening edition) |
Louisville | Jefferson | 1861-186? | 1861-1861 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Daily Democrat | Louisville | Jefferson | 1843-1855 | 1851-1855 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Daily Democrat | Louisville | Jefferson | 1862-1869 | 1862-1864 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Daily Express | Louisville | Jefferson | 1862-186? | 1862-1862 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Daily Journal | Louisville | Jefferson | 1833-1868 | 1860-1864 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Daily Union Press | Louisville | Jefferson | 1864-1865 | 1865-1865 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Examiner | Louisville | Jefferson | 1850-185? | 1850-1850 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Industrial and Commercial Gazette | Louisville | Jefferson | 1865-1873 | 1865-1872 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Weekly Courier | Louisville | Jefferson | 1846-1868 | 1859-1865 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Louisville Weekly Journal | Louisville | Jefferson | 1840-1868 | 1856-1865 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Maysville Bulletin | Maysville | Mason | 1866-1930 | 1866-1881 | Browse Issues | Browse Issues |
| National Union | Winchester | Clark | 18??-1??? | 1860-1861 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Observer and Reporter | Lexington | Fayette | 1870-187? | 1871-1871 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Omnibus | Louisville | Jefferson | 1867-18?? | 1867-1883 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Ploughboy | Harrodsburg | Mercer | 18??-18?? | 1856-1856 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Post | Lebanon | Marion | 1855-18?? | 1855-1857 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Presbyterian Herald | Louisville | Jefferson | 18??-???? | 1851-1861 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Sandy Valley Advocate | Catlettsburg | Boyd | 18??-18?? | 1860-1862 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Shelby Sentinel | Shelbyville | Shelby | 1866-1872 | 1866-1870 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Stanford Banner | Stanford | Lincoln | 186?-1??? | 1868-1868 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Tri-Weekly Commonwealth | Frankfort | Franklin | 1847-1864 | 1857-1864 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Tri-Weekly Kentucky Yeoman | Frankfort | Franklin | 1851-187? | 1860-1882 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Tri-Weekly Maysville Eagle | Maysville | Mason | 1850-18?? | 1850-1874 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Voice of Masonry and Tidings From The Craft | Louisville | Jefferson | 18??-1??? | 1860-1860 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Weekly Dollar Democrat | Louisville | Jefferson | 185?-18?? | 1855-1855 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Weekly Kentucky Messenger | Richmond | Madison | 1855-18?? | 1865-1865 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Weekly Kentucky Tribune | Danville | Boyle | 185?-18?? | 1858-1864 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Weekly Kentucky Yeoman | Frankfort | Franklin | 1854-1886 | 1854-1863 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Weekly Louisville Democrat | Louisville | Jefferson | 1855-18?? | 1856-1856 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Weekly Louisville Times | Louisville | Jefferson | 1852-18?? | 1855-1856 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Weekly Maysville Eagle | Maysville | Mason | 18??-1887 | 1868-1870 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Weekly Shelby News | Shelbyville | Shelby | 1855-186? | 1855-1857 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Weekly Reporter | Henderson | Henderson | 1862-18?? | 1863-1864 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Western Citizen | Paris | Bourbon | 1808-1866 | 1862-1866 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Western Presbyterian | Danville | Boyle | 1865-1869 | 1866-1867 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
| Young's Spirit of the South and Central American | Louisville | Jefferson | 185?-1??? | 1859-1859 | Not Available | Browse Issues |
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