re: Let me explain some MIZZOU to our new SEC friends.

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It was pretty well accepted at the time that if Federal troops had not taken over the state government Missouri would have seceded. It was pretty much the same thing in Maryland. Both states had some very pro-southern loyalties. East Tennessee on the other hand was very pro-unionist. Many men from East Tennessee fought for the union.

Harry Truman's mother would not sleep in the Lincoln bedroom when she visited the White House. She was a witness to the Missouri/Kansas border war.

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E. TN was about 60-80% Unionist by popular vote. We were one of the most pro-Union pro-Abolition spots in the entire country and tried to secede from the state more than once.