Confederate States

[PBrunsel]

Why in the world would Arkansas be in the union? Also, Maryland would have gone to the Confederacy as well.

Not Maryland. Only if the CSA Army had been able to capture Anapolis or Baltimore. The Maryland Assembly voted on session in December 1861, andit was voted down.

[PBrunsel]

The Battle of Antitem came because of Lee's plan to get Maryland in the CSA.

[PBrunsel]

The reason I think Maryland would not join the CSA was because the peopke of Maryland just didn't want to. If you remember right, in 1862 while invading Maryland Lee's Army of Northern Virginia played "Oh Maryland, My Maryland" to try to start a revolt. The tactic did not work, but backfired as the CSA playing the state's anthem angered many citizens of the state. Tactic kind of backfired, didn't it Marse Lee?

[PBrunsel]

In 1862 Ohio Copperhead Clement Valandigam was banished to the Confederacy by order of President Lincoln. The Democrats in Ohio nominated him for Governor anyway.

[PBrunsel]

I think that the Confederates' main plan by 1864 was to just hold out until the presidential election when Lincoon would be gone and some Peace Democrats would step into the White House, and give Jeff Davis and Confederates freedom from the Union.