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President Lincoln once wrote -and I am paraphrasing- that if he lost Kentucky, then he essentially would have lost the war.

First, why would he write that? Why is Kentucky so essential to the outcome of the Civil War?

Second, is there any realistic scenario (I don't want anything ridiculous or improbable just to bring about the result I am interested in seeing here) which could bring about a successful Confederate conquest of Kentucky?
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