Civil War in Kentucky
Kentucky retains a unique place in the Union both politically and culturally. Perhaps the greatest period in that special relationship with the Union begins with Kentucky's refusal to secede from the Union in 1861. However, Kentucky emotionally joined the "Lost Cause" after the end of the Civil War. As the most centrally located of the border states, Kentucky shares much of the State's Rights within a federal system but maintains the keen sense of nationalism of the border states, whose very peace depended on union.
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