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re: Missouri is a partially Southern state
Posted on 6/7/13 at 12:39 am to KCM0Tiger
Posted on 6/7/13 at 12:39 am to KCM0Tiger
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Missouri is indeed overall a Midwestern state. My original point though, is that while as a whole Missouri is classified as Midwestern, there is a decent portion which is Southern and not Midwestern. I myself identify as a Midwesterner, although I take exception to being called a "Yankee" due to my family's Missouri Confederate roots.
Having a Confederate heritage isn't the same though. 90+ percent of East Tennessee was pro Union, counties in N. Ga and N. Alabama were also strongly pro-Union. Plenty of Northerners supported the Confederacy and at the individual county level families were split on the issue both in the North and South.
The simplistic notion of a pro-Union North and the pro-Confederate South was a fairy tale both regions told themselves post-war. Now the majority of people in the North and South believe it but it's always been a myth.
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Posted on 6/7/13 at 8:07 am to Prof
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Having a Confederate heritage isn't the same though. 90+ percent of East Tennessee was pro Union, counties in N. Ga and N. Alabama were also strongly pro-Union. Plenty of Northerners supported the Confederacy and at the individual county level families were split on the issue both in the North and South. The simplistic notion of a pro-Union North and the pro-Confederate South was a fairy tale both regions told themselves post-war. Now the majority of people in the North and South believe it but it's always been a myth.
That was well said!
Most of the Mountain South was pro-Union, that doesn't make them non-southerners. They just had less of a dog in the fight. They still share the same ideals, religion, and culture with the rest of the region.
Even my wife does this! >>> Many people when they think of the south they only consider the picturesque Alabama/Mississippi Plantation with loads of Spanish Moss. Most don't realize that the south has a lot of unique sub cultures scattered all around but share a common background.
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