[the OlLine Rebel]

UMMMM....MD was not "loyal" - it was oppressed into being so. MD was a Southern state (know about that Mason-Dixon line?) It was under seige and forced to be "loyal". MD's legitimate politicians were largely thrown out of office and replaced by - you guessed it.

Republicans were no angels.

And Lincoln come no where near George in "greatness".

[Heyworth]

What does the Mason-Dixon line have to do with anything? There were slave states and free states. There were states that joined the confederacy and fielded armies against the United States and states that didn't.

MD's legitimate politicians were largely thrown out of office and replaced by - you guessed it.

People loyal to the United States and opposed to slavery?