My Grandmother was from Glascow Ky and she said one of our relatives was union and when he would return he had to bring his horse into the cabin cause the neighbors were confederate. Other relatives in Virginia and N. Carolina were of course CSA. Another relative by the name of Burner from Illinois worked and shared a room with Abraham Lincoln before he became senator. My aunt had letters from Lincoln when he was President.
My great grandfather ( James Page ) fought for the Kentucky confederate army, possibly the 7th, the family bible was destroyed in a house fire in the mid 50s so just hand down information was available , we think he was in a union p.o.w camp-in Indiana or Ohio towards the end of the war , but that’s it ,
Odd the southern area fought for the north, and northern for the south. My GGGrandfather Daniel J. Owens ( I kind of think with co- c, not sure ) did fight for the north and was from Pulaski County. He is buried in Spangler Cemetery, Decatur, il. about four or five miles from where I live now.
Except for some counties for both directions the lower % slave population counties were prounionists and the higher % slave populated counties were proconfederate in the South to show the ROOT COUSE of the Civil War and the Seccession . In Kentucky there was other effect as well as earlier Whig voters counties and Democrat voters counties. The third effect was the neighbore counties effect, but this effect was the least Whig effect originated from the posthumus Henry Clay effect to think of the Whole USA interest instead of locally as the interest of the slave holding sister states. Interesting the 20% slave population was the border for a state became in all state to be prounionist or proconfederate. Tennessee and Arkansas had 24-25 % slave population and Kentucky had 19.5%, Maryland had 12.5%, Delaware 1.6%, Missouri had 9.7% and the future West Virginia had 4.6% slaves! Delaware had huge minority Lincoln voters, In Missouri Lincoln won 2 counties, In the future West Virginia Lincoln almost won Hancock county, Kentucky and Maryland voters gave few votes to Lincoln in 1860 but their praise Lincoln's name was on Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky ballots. The ETERNAL SHAME is for the other Southern states to forbide Lincoln's name on their ballot, but it would be interesting Lincoln would have got more than 1% in Louisiana, Tennessee or Arkansas or the fear of consequences would have stopped many voters.
Ohio, Russell, Greenup, Monroe, Boyd, Metcalfe, Lewis, McLean, Jackson, Clinton, Clay, Estill, Owsley, Wayne, Estill, Grayson, McLean, Jackson, and Carter were the strongest prounionists. Fulton, Hickman, Calloway, Union, McCracken, Graves, Livingston, Ballard, Morgan, Owen, Trimble, Scott, and Henderson counties were the strongest proconfederats. The other counties were either prounionists with strong proconfederate minorities or proconfederats with strong unionist minorities. Because of the 19.5% slaves population the prounionists became the majority. Interesting in Missouri the earlier precivil war the bleeding Kansas had effect to be some lower slave populated counties at the Kansas border were proconfederate. However the big prounionist St Louis was the balance Missouri became prounionist. In Kentucky the posthumus Henry Clay effect was the balance!
My Grandmother was from Glascow Ky and she said one of our relatives was union and when he would return he had to bring his horse into the cabin cause the neighbors were confederate. Other relatives in Virginia and N. Carolina were of course CSA. Another relative by the name of Burner from Illinois worked and shared a room with Abraham Lincoln before he became senator. My aunt had letters from Lincoln when he was President.
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St river at murfreesboro tn the exact center of tn 25 miles south of lebanon
My great grandfather ( James Page ) fought for the Kentucky confederate army, possibly the 7th, the family bible was destroyed in a house fire in the mid 50s so just hand down information was available , we think he was in a union p.o.w camp-in Indiana or Ohio towards the end of the war , but that’s it ,
Odd the southern area fought for the north, and northern for the south. My GGGrandfather Daniel J. Owens ( I kind of think with co- c, not sure ) did fight for the north and was from Pulaski County. He is buried in Spangler Cemetery, Decatur, il. about four or five miles from where I live now.
Very odd indeed
Except for some counties for both directions the lower % slave population counties were prounionists and the higher % slave populated counties were proconfederate in the South to show the ROOT COUSE of the Civil War and the Seccession .
In Kentucky there was other effect as well as earlier Whig voters counties and Democrat voters counties. The third effect was the neighbore counties effect, but this effect was the least Whig effect originated from the posthumus Henry Clay effect to think of the Whole USA interest instead of locally as the interest of the slave holding sister states.
Interesting the 20% slave population was the border for a state became in all state to be prounionist or proconfederate. Tennessee and Arkansas had 24-25 % slave population and Kentucky had 19.5%, Maryland had 12.5%, Delaware 1.6%, Missouri had 9.7% and the future West Virginia had 4.6% slaves! Delaware had huge minority Lincoln voters, In Missouri Lincoln won 2 counties, In the future West Virginia Lincoln almost won Hancock county, Kentucky and Maryland voters gave few votes to Lincoln in 1860 but their praise Lincoln's name was on Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky ballots. The ETERNAL SHAME is for the other Southern states to forbide Lincoln's name on their ballot, but it would be interesting Lincoln would have got more than 1% in Louisiana, Tennessee or Arkansas or the fear of consequences would have stopped many voters.
Ohio, Russell, Greenup, Monroe, Boyd, Metcalfe, Lewis, McLean, Jackson, Clinton, Clay, Estill, Owsley, Wayne, Estill, Grayson, McLean, Jackson, and Carter were the strongest prounionists.
Fulton, Hickman, Calloway, Union, McCracken, Graves, Livingston, Ballard, Morgan, Owen, Trimble, Scott, and Henderson counties were the strongest proconfederats.
The other counties were either prounionists with strong proconfederate minorities or proconfederats with strong unionist minorities.
Because of the 19.5% slaves population the prounionists became the majority.
Interesting in Missouri the earlier precivil war the bleeding Kansas had effect to be some lower slave populated counties at the Kansas border were proconfederate. However the big prounionist St Louis was the balance Missouri became prounionist. In Kentucky the posthumus Henry Clay effect was the balance!