But Breckinridge was from Kentucky. Don’t we have the word of several Neo=Confederates that people only thought about their citizenship as being connected with theit state?
Why didn’t the confederates send Breckinridge back?
There was such a deep hatred between Generals Breckinridge and Bragg that Breckinridge seriously considered resigning his commission so that he could challenge Bragg to a duel (Bragg blamed his own incompetence on Breckinridge).
After Bragg forced him out of the Army of Tennessee, Jefferson Davis assigned him to head the Department of Eastern Tennessee and West Virginia, a subordinate unit of the Army of Northern Virginia. He led his troops (including the VMI Corps of Cadets) to victory at New Market, was severely wounded at Cold Harbor, and then supported Jubal Early's Shenandoah Campaign before resigning to accept the position of Secretary of War.
After spending three years in exile, he returned to Kentucky, where he refused to return to politics but did take a firm stance against the KKK. He died in May 1875 as a result of his war wounds.