I tried Missouri and Kentucky, I was wrong. As it turns out, they are 2 of 5 Union States (along with West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware) that permitted slavery during the war.
Historians call them "Border States" and they were considered key areas by the North to win the war. Lincoln said something like, "I'd like to hope God is with me but I must have Kentucky on my side."
West Virginia was cut off from Virginia as a result of the Civil War. Maryland was essentially under military occupation by the Union as it completely encircled the Union capital- Washington DC.
The people up in those western counties of Virginia were extremely rural and poorer than the Virginians in the east. Due to the political power in Virginia was in the hands of a slave holding planter class, many of these country folk (I believe they were known as Yeoman) resented slavery as slavery made these country folks' possibility to profit impossible due to competition. Thus, West Virginia seceded from Virginia to join the Union in order to gain power for themselves, so that they would no longer be economically dependent on the slaver elite.
At the start of the Civil War, Virginia voted to secede from the Union in 1861. This was not a popular move in the northwestern part of the state. Thus, West Virginia broke off from Virginia in response. Without the Civil War this would not have happened.
Also, you cant form a state from an existing one, so West Virginia was creating from the only loophole in that - Where the state it belongs to secedes.
qcumber: Actually, you can form a state from an existing one, but only if "everyone's on board." Per the US Constitution, forming such a state requires "the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress." (Article IV, Section 3)
those states are border states those are states that are slave states but they do not secede from the union. there were four missouri, kentucky,delaware ,and maryland
Missouri was actually pretty undecided. In the siege of Vicksburg, Missouri sent 17 regiments to fight on the Confederate side and 22 to fight on the Union side.
It wasn't undecided, it was divided. In Arkansas my husband's paternal great-grandfather had two brothers, and one fought for the north and the other fought for the south. His maternal great-grandfather fought for the north while his twin brother fought for the south. Sometimes men switched armies, too. Bushwhackers would threaten their families if they didn't, or one side would take prisoners and offer them a choice of hanging or taking an oath to switch to the other side. Sometimes a family would send one son to each side in the hopes that after the war they would have one family member who fought on the winning side and hopefully be able to keep their farm. I read about a man in this area who tried to remain neutral and his home was ransacked and burned by Yankees, then the Rebs came along and shot him and then strung up his body as a warning to those who refused to join them.
I'm honestly surprised. The capital of the Confederacy was in Virginia. I'm pretty sure that's one of the many things non-Virginians would know about Virginia.
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Frankfort, Kentucky, was the only state capital to be captured during the American Civil War. Also, both the presidents of the USA and the CSA (Lincoln and Davis) were born in Kentucky. Kentucky is a pretty important place, historically!
Careful with your wording now, Raleigh was the capital of North Carolina during the Civil War (still is) and was captured during the Civil War during Sherman's March after he captured Savannah in Georgia and Columbia (the capital of South Carolina at the time).
As well as Richmond, Jackson, and many others. I believe what he meant was that it was the only Union state capital to be captured by the Confederate States.
Yes, it's Vivien Leigh, who played Scarlet O'Hara in GWTW, one of the most iconic and epic Civil War films in American movie history. The number one movie line of all time, (according to AFI,) was spoken by the long-suffering Rhett Butler in reply to his spoiled wife Scarlet's desperate plea, "Rhett, if you go where shall I go? What shall I do?" Rhett's reply, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a d***!"
^ Yes! - "Gone With the Wind" and "Casablanca" best older films ever! - IMHO, the only contemporary films which come close are "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", and "The Sting".
I loved The Sting but was sort of "meh" about Butch and Sundance. I think it was that whole "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" song and the bicycle scene - it seemed out of place to me in a western. Of course, anything with Newman and/or Redford had to be good.
There's a lot of interesting history that goes in to this conflict. Many historians call it the first modern war in history, starting with tactics very reminiscent of those used by Napoleon and ending in some places in the sort of trench warfare that would characterize WW1. It's a very important part of both US and world history.
My favorite documentary on the subject has a narrow focus: just the final month of the war, and is based on the book April 1865: The Month That Saved America. It was put out by the History Channel and unfortunately is very hard to find online or else I'd link to it.
Southern-sympathizing, Lincoln-hating Maryland remained part of the Union under federal military force. In doing my genealogy, I found that my 2x great-grandfather and his 3 brothers fought on both sides of the Civil War: 3 on the Union side and 1 on the Confederate side. The oldest brother (Union) came here from Germany with his parents, with the others born here. None were slaveholders. Interesting ... I expected to see more Southern sympathies in my family, based on what the history books tell us. Guess they had more pride and love for the Union than many Marylanders.
My favorite documentary on the subject has a narrow focus: just the final month of the war, and is based on the book April 1865: The Month That Saved America. It was put out by the History Channel and unfortunately is very hard to find online or else I'd link to it.
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