Hello everyone. My roommate and i are currently taking a class on the civil war (very interesting, taught by a guy from south carolina who doesn't mince words) and were sitting around discussing it. Since i grew up in Kentucky, I'm doing my project on the civil war within the state, and have come across some interesting things. The consensus opinion in Kentucky after the first round of succession was that the union ought to be preserved, but not with bloodshed. They were reluctantly pulled out of neutrality, with a second Confederate government set up in the southern counties. West Virginia succeeded from Virginia to avoid the confederacy, but wasn't vehemently pro union either. They both have a cultural ties to one region but economic ties to another. I'm only really at the beginning of getting deep into learning about the war, but i've also heard eastern Tennessee was pro union. Maryland never got a choice, etc.
So what I'm wondering is, would it have been possible for them to create a third state in between the two powers in an attempt to avoid bloodshed. They could have offered to act as a liaison between the two, and might have ultimately prospered if they had avoided war. This whole thing could have beep perpetuated by California jumping ship, which there was talk of. What does anyone think? Would they have been able to talk sense in to everyone, gotten torn to pieces, remained separate, etc?
and there is a map, simply because i love maps.
Ive extrapolated a little bit on this since i started making that. My guess is the war would be about gaining control of the western territory, rather than invasion.
So what I'm wondering is, would it have been possible for them to create a third state in between the two powers in an attempt to avoid bloodshed. They could have offered to act as a liaison between the two, and might have ultimately prospered if they had avoided war. This whole thing could have beep perpetuated by California jumping ship, which there was talk of. What does anyone think? Would they have been able to talk sense in to everyone, gotten torn to pieces, remained separate, etc?
and there is a map, simply because i love maps.
Ive extrapolated a little bit on this since i started making that. My guess is the war would be about gaining control of the western territory, rather than invasion.