Lincoln saw his birth state of Kentucky as having huge strategic importance, and not without reason. With a border on the Ohio, the Confederate Army could make assaults into the also strategically important states of Ohio and Indiana.
So would one border state deciding to join the Confeds after Fort Sumter make enough of a difference for a Southern victory?
So would one border state deciding to join the Confeds after Fort Sumter make enough of a difference for a Southern victory?