That is the second time I've seen Louisiana excluded from a list of potential seceding states.
And yet, when the time came, Louisiana had no greater numbers of Unionists than other Deep South states, and their opposition caused no noticeable delay in passing the ordnance of secession.
Curious why some Northerners thought Louisiana somehow different?
I think it had to do with the fact that much of the commerce of the Midwest flowed down the Mississippi through the Port of New Orleans. So, secession could come at a high economic price for N.O. But, as we know, Democrats really don't understand economics. :-))