I would used to have said that and I still would I guess. But I lived in Michigan for 6-1/2 years and other than the fact they have a bit of a funny accent I think I fit in fine.
Wife is from Lafayette in Christian County and I'm from Tompkinsville in Monroe County. If you watched the SEC network and saw the episode on True South you know what I'm talking about. Ain't no yankee's in this household.
Border state means Southern states that didnt join the confederacy lol
Ate some fried turkey breast at CB last week and it was very good...can remember when I was in basic we "southern Kentucky" boys sat around talking about eating biscuits and sausage/bacon gravey, fried chicken/pork chops, fried potatoes w/onions sliced tomatoes for breakfast. The northern boys, unless they were black, had no clue what we were talking about.
True. Kentuckians sided with the union because Lincoln blew smoke up their ass about slavery. He said he wouldn't touch their slaves if they stood with the union. So the choice was made. Still, thousands of young boys and men crossed into TN to join the confederacy.
Ky was not officially in the Confederate States of America Pact. Ky was simply a pass through state. Tennessee and Virginia were the northernmost states in the CSA. KY was a border state.
I'm well aware. But we are still on the flag due to having a CSA government. It was a ''shadow'' government but was officially recognized by the Confederate congress. One of its governors died at Shiloh. One of his friends who joined the US army found his body on the field and he died on a hospital ship.
If you've ever been to western Kentucky, you'll know that part of the state is basically the Midwest. Everything else if southern except for that little tip up there by Cincy. Them's yanks.
You need to pull for Ohio State.
Those numbers aren't accurate. Tons of Kentuckians fought in TN confederate regiments and were counted as just being from tenneessee. Same thing for the union numbers. Tons of people from Indiana and Illinois joined up at Kentucky recruiting camps. My 5th great grandfather Richard Minchey was from Macon co. TN. Right below the Kentucky border he joined the 28thTN at 45 and fought at Franklin, Shiloh, and Chickamauga among others.
Yeah, I’m in Cumberland County next to you. We have yankee visitors due to dale hollow lake pretty much year round. Most here could do without. They leave a stink.
@me next time tough guy. Nobody is pumping Kentucky as a confederate state. I simply responded to why Kentucky was represented on the confederate flag.
Boy, isn't that the truth!
Yeah, I’ll claim northern lol. Ain’t a northern thought in my southern fried brain. Stupid assed people should know that.
I used to consider myself a civil war history buff. Nothing professional by any means. Just an amateur fascinated by a conflict that almost destroyed our country.
No dandelion wine, sun tea, fried green tomatoes, sausage gravy, or fried catfish you ripped from the river yesterday? For shame. Southern card revoked. 🤣
You want to be southern? Eat the damn squirrels.
You'd be surprised about the stuff you find about that war when you dig into it. Southern California and Southern Illinois wanted to secede and join the confederacy.
Kentucky is truly a border state. When I worked in Detroit between my junior and senior highschool year I was teased about my Southern accent an Southern ways. When I moved to Huntsville,Al after college some thought I had a Northern accent.
That's because Kentucky is in the upper south with TN, NC, And VA. Deep south accents are different than the upper south ones. My grandmother sounds just like she walked from the fields of North Carolina.
