[billbears]

Considering that lincoln arrested the elected officials, put on the biggest voter fraud in the history of this nation to get unionists elected, and kept the state of Maryland within the union during the War, I can't very well call it a Southern state now can I? Yes, there were quite a few secessionists in that area in '61 but after four years of lincoln's tyranny, I imagine the secessionist movement had been quelled quite a bit

[Non-Sequitur]

Speaking of elections, billbears, did you know that Jefferson Davis never won a single election where he ran against another candidate? His one term in congress, two partial terms in the senate, and presidency of the confederacy were all unopposed. And I understand that each election went down to the wire before he narrowly won.