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Southern states peacefully left the Union and Lincoln chimped out and raised a federal army and declared war, illegally.
First causalities were Maryland protesters.
Border State Governors on Lincoln’s call for Military Coercion
"In reply to this communication, I have only to say that the militia of VA will not be furnished..Your object is to subjugate the Southern States.. in my judgment, not within the purview of the Constitution, or the Act of 1795—will not be complied with."
~ Gov. Letcher, VA. April 1861
"I regard the levy of troops made by the Admin, for the purpose of subjugating the States of the South, as in violation of the Constitution, & a usurpation of power. I can be no party to this wicked violation of the laws of the country..."
~ Gov. Ellis, NC. April 1861
"In answer to your requisition for troops from Arkansas, to subjugate the Southern States, I have to say that none will be furnished. The demand is only adding insult to injury."
~ Gov. Rector, Arkansas. April 1861
"Your dispatch is received. In answer, I say emphatically, Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States."
~ Gov. Magoffin, KY. April 1861
"Requisition is illegal, unconstitutional, revolutionary, inhuman, diabolical, and can not be complied with."
~ Gov. Jackson, MO. April 1861
"Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defense of our rights, or those of our Southern brothers."
~ Gov. Harris, TN. April 1861
The atrocities committed by the North in Kentucky is why the state is placed in the Southern block when you look up 'Southern US'