Okay, these lists are based of TENNESSEE counties so information discussed should pertain to this State. #1--Tennessee originally voted by near 4-to-1 margin NOT to secede from the Union! #2--When Lincoln ordered States to send 75,000 men to support the Union's cause, TN took a second vote. When our citizens realized they would be forced to fight family and friends, the second vote was to secede. "Then on April 12, 1861, Ft. Sumter was attacked and three days later President Lincoln issued a proclamation calling on the state governors to send 75,000 state militia to force the seceded states back under the authority of the Union. This angered and saddened many Tennessee Citizens. Realizing they would have to fight and refusing to fight against their southern neighbors, they voted on June 8, 1861, in favor of secession. The majority had changed from four to one against and was now two to one for secession." ( http://www.geocities.com/bedfordcounty/civilwar/text.html ) You might be interested in http://www.state.tn.us/environment/hist/PathDivided/prologue.htm My people, if not my ancesters, were forced into a war they didn't want! Was this not "Northern Agression"? The Emancipation Proclaimation is found at http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html Lincoln named the former states this proclaimation affected, former states that were "in rebellion against the United States". Why isn't Tennessee named among those former states "in rebellion"? Why didn't this proclaimation include the United States? How could Lincoln issue a proclaimation affecting 'some' of the states that had withdrawn from the Union and had formed their own government? Convince me there was no "politics" involved here! I believe it was Cleo that said something about not being taught certain things about this war while he was in school. I graduated CHS in 1967 and I don't remember being taught such facts as Lincoln did NOT "free the slaves"! I checked my granddaughter's 6th grade history book last year (she hasn't brought one home this year). Guess what? She's still being taught that Lincoln freed the slaves! If we, our children, and our grandchildren are not taught the facts, we are being fed propaganda! Most of us attended government-operated schools so who is feeding this propaganda and why? (Does this "Northern Agression" continue? Study the "Davis-Bacon Act" to learn what happened when a black contractor won a contract in a northern state!) Personally, I believe in 'equality'---and I don't care about race, sex, religion, etc.! Sandy Ellis