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> Kentucky is a strange state, given the history of the War.  Although
> technically part of the Confederacy, the reality was much different.
> IOW, the CSA considered Kentucky as being part of its own in order to
> give the appearance of having more states than it actually did.

That was partially because of its demographics.  The Southern and Western
parts of the state had a lot in common with the South, while the Mountain
regions did not.  Throughout the war, Kentucky had two governors and two
governments.  Although the one in Frankfort was the official government, and
Unionist, there was also a Confederate governorship and government that spent
most of its time in between Bowling Green and Russellville, IIRC.  They
briefly took Frankfort.

From what I have read, neither Confederate governor was pro-slavery, but
instead were both strongly against the federalization of matters that should
have been left to the states.

> Jefferson Davis' childhood home is not far from where I am.  And I
> have also visited his retirement home, located in Biloxi, Mississippi.
> He died in New Orleans, never having been tried or convicted of any
> crime.

I was born a few miles from his birthplace, in the same county, although his
birthplace was in a part that later split to form another county.

> Why did the South secede?  Why did Jefferson Davis believe it was
> necessary?  Because he and many others felt the US Constitution had
> run its course, and was no longer relevant.  What was needed was a
> new Constitution.  And for that to happen, a new country was born.

I am not so certain it was the Constitution itself as much as it was the
federal government's interpretations and abuses of it.

Mike

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