Civil War Dispatch 11 - Kentucky, A State Divided

Published: April 1, 2011, 4 a.m.

As the United States teetered on the brink of civil war, border states like Kentucky faced stark and serious choices. Would they remain loyal to the Union, or would they follow their sister slave states into the southern Confederacy? On this week's Kentucky Civil War Dispatch, we look at Kentuckians' sentiments, Union and Confederate, on the eve of war.