who were the staunchest Unionists during the war?
I know West Virginia and significant parts of east Tennessee were Unionist, and I’ve always assumed the same held for those analogous parts of Kentucky. Now I know Unionist doesn’t necessarily mean “racially progressive” – which would itself make the true purpose of this imagery even more clear. I’m not part of a redneck agenda – Green Day by eugene on Mon Dec 11, 2006 at 10:19:49 AM PST [ Parent ] WV wasn’t all that unionist (2+ / 0-) Recommended by: jfadden, Marcus Graly There are still many people in the eastern panhandle who openly talk about being stolen from their home (confederate) state of Virginia. There’s also a whole lot of WV folks along the border with Kentucky who feel more of an affinity with the southern states than you would imagine- particularly for folks who only live a day’s drive away from chicago. Keep in mind that many poor southern blacks who came to the WV and KY coalfields, where this school is located, were lured there as strikebreakers. With a tenuous econom
